Papaya Raita ( Indian Papaya curd )

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Namaskar....

I am Sangeeta Agarwal and heartily welcome you at my blog.

# Today we are making another healthy recipe of "Ripe Papaya" ....that is " papaya Raita."
Papaya is rich in fibre, vitamins, minerals and Anti-oxidants and improves digestion.

# papaya is the best fruit for all stomach disorders. It helps in weight loss and removes constipation.

# So those people who don't line to eat papaya....they can eat it in the form of Curry and Raita.

# Prep Time...7 minutes
# Cook Time...3 minutes
# Serving....2

#  Ingredients For papaya Raita....

1. Ripe grated papaya.. 100 gram ( 1/2 cup )
2. Thick curd....200 gram
3. Sendha salt...1/2 Tea spoon
4. Black salt....1/2 Tea spoon
5. Roasted cumin powder....3/4 Tea spoon
6. Milk...2 table spoon
7. Pinch of red chili powder.... optional

#  Method Of Making..

1. Firstly, wash and cut the papaya in length wise so that it could be grated easily in a grater.

2.  Then seperate the white thin layer of papaya with a knife.

3. Now grate it in a big holed grater so that it could get long stripes ( lacche in Hindi ).

4. Place a pressure cooker with some water on high flame and place this grated papaya in a flat plate or bowl to steam.

5. Cover the pressure cooker and take 1 or 2 whistles only.
It will take 3 minutes only.

6. Let the pressure down by itself.

7. Then open the pressure cooker and take out the plate with the help of kitchen plucker.
Let the papaya cool down completely.

8. Beat the curd well with your hand blender ( Rai ) or you can sieve it in the soup strainer.

9. Now mix steamed papaya with sendha and black salt, roasted cumin powder and a pinch of red chili powder.

10. Don't add any water.  If needed..you can add 2 spoon of cold milk.

11. Garnish it with some stripes of papaya and a coriander leaf.

In this way,  delicious and healthy "papaya Raita" is ready to enjoy.

Just serve it cool in the lunch and dinner as a side dish.

#  Note...

1. This papaya Raita can be made as sweet Indian curd if you add some sugar powder in it in place of salt, cumin powder etc.
It is again very delicious.
Steamed method is the same.

2. For making thick curd...just cut the normal curd with a flat spoon few hours before making Raita.
By doing so...all the extra water of curd comes out automatically.

Thanku Friends,
Thanks again.