Name: Simple Raita Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup 0% fat Greek yogurt; 2 tbsps lemon juice; 20 leaves mint; to taste salt

Simple Raita Sauce Recipe to accompany delicious and savory fried foods and more; it is an Indian-origin sauce served to accompany vegetable, meat main dishes, and more. Three ingredients are needed if we consider mint an ingredient; very quick to prepare and delicious to accompany Indian dishes and, of course, not only. The main ingredient is yogurt, dry and compact, more precisely strained Greek yogurt, obtained by removing all liquids and therefore creamier and denser, a great nutritional source of phosphorus and calcium. We have many reasons to consume it.

Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: No Cooking
Cuisine: Indian
Seasonality: All Seasons

32.87 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 32.87 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 2.71 (g) of which sugars 2.71 (g)
Proteins 5.66 (g)
Fat 0.00 (g) of which saturated 0.00 (g)of which unsaturated 0.00 (g)
Fibers 0.02 (g)
Sodium 387.81 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 70 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

1 cup 0% fat Greek yogurt
2 tbsps lemon juice
20 leaves mint
to taste salt

Tools

Chopper
Citrus Juicer
Teaspoon

Steps

Fresh mint and freshly squeezed lemon together with yogurt make raita a tantalizing sauce to accompany fried foods, vegetables, meat, and much more.
In the chopper, place fresh mint leaves with salt, yogurt, and lemon juice.
Chop for a few seconds until the sauce is smooth and homogeneous.
Here is the Raita sauce ready, a simple and easy recipe to make. I also used it to accompany the potato omelet, and I assure you that the freshness and lightness were noticeable.