Monday, June 1, 2009

Peas Raitha

Peas Raitha/Salad
My son loved this as it had all his favourite ingredients: peas,yogurt,honey!! I had some more plain Greek Yogurt from Oikos and thought I'd make this salad.Again,just like the cumin+yogurt dip,you can make it either sweet(add honey) or have it like the regular raitha with salt.
Ingredients:
  • Yogurt: 1 cup
  • Peas: 1 cup steamed
  • Zeera/Cumin seeds: 2 teaspoon (roast and pound when cool)
  • Honey:2 teaspoon OR salt: to taste
  • Mint leaves/Cilantro: 1teaspoon(chopped fine)
Method:
  1. First,let the peas cool down to room temperature.
  2. Then mix all the ingredients together.
  3. Let it chill in the fridge for atleast half-an-hour.
  4. Garnish with chopped cilantro/mint leaves and serve.

26 comments:

Juliana said...

WOW, this is a totally new to me...yogurt and peas and honey...I know that I'll like it...sounds really refreshing. Great pictures! By the way, thank you for visiting my site and leaving such a nice comment.

Anonymous said...

Hi Swetha
Thanks for dropping by.I am glad it lead me to urs. I am sure to coming back.The peas raita is defntly new to me.Can I skip the honey?Wud it still be good?

chow and chatter said...

looks lovely love peas, good for summer, Rebecca

Katherine Roberts Aucoin said...

Looks like a wonderful summer dish!

Christo Gonzales said...

this dish sounds like it can stand alone or be used as a nice relish...

Pooja said...

Lovely raitha Sweta! Surely kids favourite with honey n peas!

Gita Jaishankar said...

Lovely combination of peas, yogurt, and honey...looks delicious :)

Gina; The Candid RD said...

sounds like a great recipe (especially if your son liked it!). I copied it into my recipe book :)

Jenn said...

Pea salad? That's new to me. I like peas too!! Saving this. =)

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Its looking so creamy and yummy never tried peas raita. looking good and healthy for sure.. will try it out soon

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Peas raita looks colorful and adding honey to it mmm sounds interesting!!!

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

lovely unique and easy dish. Healthy too.. Love such quick and easy ones..

Anonymous said...

The peas with yogurt and honey sound very delicious! I've never tried a dish like that, looking forward to it!

Heather S-G said...

I've never really gotten very creative with peas...this sounds super good, I'll have to try it (I'm loving the Oikos right now)!!

Angie's Recipes said...

Something new but very refreshing and healthy. And I love the colour combination...

Nithya said...

Hey wow.. Nice raitha.. very different and should be great. here for the first time. You have a nice space here. keep it going. :)

sangeeta said...

great combo for a raita sweta......we in north of india can convert anything into a raita or a paratha, still this is new for me...peas in a raita n honey........

Anonymous said...

Looks beautiful!

I used to not love peas, but they are growing on my....looks like something I'll need to try!

Vikis Kitchen said...

Peas raitha is very new to me but love to try it soon, because u have made it. I m sure it cud have tasted great.

Vrinda said...

Peas in raitha...never tried this way..looks so good,very tempting raita..

Anisheetu said...

Wow thats looking very nice... did u make that rose flower too... looking very nice...

chef and her kitchen said...

First time here..u hv a nice space gal..Peas in raitha sounds interesting..looks yumm..plz do visit my blog when u get time..

Michelle @ Find Your Balance said...

Does 'Raitha' mean yogurt?

Sweta (My Indian Dietitian) said...

Juliana,Pooja,Gita,Ramya,Nithya,Sangeeta,HCOF:thanks
Munchcrunchandsuch:sure,you can try it with just salt,tastes good either way!
Reb,Katherine:yes,great for summer!!
DB:you said it :)
Gina:he does have a sweet tooth,so I'm not surprised he liked it!
Jenn,Pavithra,Natasha,Dar,Viki-let me know which version you tried!!
Angie and Angie,Vrinda,Prathiba:thanks a lot :)
Sheetu-yup,that's a rose made from a tomato!
Michelle:raitha is a kind of salad with yogurt as the base. "Dahi" is yogurt in Hindi :)

Kalai said...

Love peas with yogurt and I never tried with honey.Yummy raitha.

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

This is so interesting! I love peas, yogurt and mint by themselves so I think I'd really like this!