Kale raita
Looking for new ways to incorporate kale in your diet? Well, this kale raita is a delicious, quick and easy way to add this wonderful superfood to your diet. Even though made with just a few basic ingredients, it is still big on flavor. Kale is the hero of this dish with ginger and green chilli perfectly complementing the slight bitterness of the kale.
Servings 4 people
Calories 100kcal
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- For cooking kale
- 2 tsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 cm thick slice ginger finely chopped
- 1 small green chilli finely chopped
- 2 cups kale leaves finely chopped
- ¼ tsp salt
- For preparing yoghurt
- 1 ½ cups yoghurt plain or greek
- salt as per taste
- water as needed
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients for cooking kale by finely chopping kale, ginger and green chilli. If the kale stems are too thick, use only the leaves.
- On a medium burner on medium flame, heat oil in a big enough frying pan. Add cumin seeds and sizzle for around 8-10 seconds, taking care not to burn the seeds.
- Add ginger and green chilli and sauté to remove the raw smell of ginger.
- Add the kale and salt. Mix.
- Reduce the flame to low, cover and cook till it is done (approx. 8-12 minutes). Check the doneness of the kale by pressing the stem part with the back/side of a spoon. If it presses or cuts easily, it is done.
- Keep mixing in between. The kale will wilt and reduce in size.
- Once it is cooked, switch off the gas and remove from heat. Let it cool down.
- Meanwhile, put the yoghurt in a big enough bowl and add salt as per taste (be mindful of the salt that has already been added to the kale while cooking).
- Whisk the yoghurt to make it smooth. Add a little water if the yoghurt is thick to adjust consistency.
- Once the kale has cooled down, add it to the prepared yoghurt, mix and serve.
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Notes
- 1 cup = 250ml
- Sugar, as per taste (optional, if the yoghurt is sour)
- Calories information is approximate, calculated using online Recipe Calorie & Nutrition Calculator. The calories will also change depending on the type of yoghurt used, such as plain or greek, low fat or full fat.
Nutrition
Calories: 100kcal