A recipe for green apple raita on the Internet caught my attention because all of the
ingredients are always available in our home. Flavorful Fuji apples, I decided,
would work really well here and that turned out to be true. We try to avoid
sugar in our household, so that was replaced with agave nectar. The
garnish was another of my adaptations to the original recipe.
Raita is a common part of an Indian meal and is
identifiable by its white yogurt dressing. This salad is usually made with
cooked vegetables (e.g. boiled potatoes & fried okra) and uncooked vegetables (e.g. diced
cucumber & grated carrots). Raita is served chilled and cools
the palate during a spicy meal. Rather than serving it as a first course, it is
eaten in between and after more spicy items and helps digest the meal.
I’ve used Greek yogurt which is much higher in
protein than regular yogurt and is what I had in the fridge. Vanilla flavored
yogurt (Danon Lite & Fit) also makes a good dressing for raita, in which case the sweetener should be omitted.
