Tomato onion raita - Chunky tomato and onion in seasoned yogurt

Tomato onion raita is a popular side dish for Roti / Indian flatbread. It consists of chopped tomatoes and onions in a seasoned yogurt sauce .Since it is chunky, it can be used as a dip for all chips and other crunchy snacks.

Raita is nutritious and helps in digestion.

Ingredients for Tomato onion raita

2  large tomatoes

1 large onion preferably red onions

1 small cup of thick plain yogurt

4 -5 leaves of cilantro

A pinch of salt

A pinch of cumin powder

A small pinch of red chili powder / cayenne pepper


Method:

Chop the tomatoes and onion into very small pieces.

In a bowl add the yogurt ,tomato ,onions, salt, chili powder, cumin powder and mix well.

Top it with finely minced cilantro.

Serve chilled.

Vegetable cutting techniques

Cutting vegetables takes a lot of time than actually cooking them.If proper technique is followed then you can cut them so easily with little effort.I used to chop vegetables randomly and it took me forever to finish them.
After reading a few tutorials and implementing them,I realized that cutting vegetables is a piece of cake :)

The basic vegetable cuts are Chop, Dice, Julienne ,Mince,Slice , Brunoise ,Chiffonade etc and many more.

I found some interesting article and a video on the web for different vegetable cutting techniques.

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