Watermelon Rind Raita
Who doesn’t like a nice thick n creamy raita? I am sure a raita pairs very well with a simple menu of steamed rice and dal or any kind of roti subzi or a stuffed paratha. On top of it, if it’s made with something that we usually throw or discard, then the excitement n fun is every more 🙂 What do we generally do after scooping out the red flesh of watermelon? Don’t we just throw the rind? Well, dont do it henceforth. It can be used as s substitute for white pumpkin or raw papaya.
You can churn out amazing raitas, mor koottan or add it in sambar or other curries. Once I had even made some tootifrooti using these watermelon rind, which is otherwise made with raw papaya. I shall surely post the recipe when I make it next time. Meanwhile, here is a simple and easy peasy recipe of watermelon rind raita. You can make this in under five minutes. My cup size is 240 ml. Please do try. You can click here for many more interesting raita recipes.
Ingredients:
- Grated water melon rind 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Red chili flakes as required
- Thick curd 1-1.5 cups
- Oil a tsp
- Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves few
Method:
- Grate the water melon rind (after peeling off the skin).
- Squeeze out the extra water.
- Transfer it into a bowl.
- Take a cup of thick curd and whisk it well.
- Pour this into the bowl of grated watermelon rind and mix well.
- Heat oil in a small kadhai and add the mustard seeds. When they splutter, add curry leaves and chili flakes.
- Pour this into the curd mixture.
- Cool and serve with steamed rice, pulav, rotis or parathas.
