Fresh, bright, and straightforward to put together, Onion Tomato Raita is a vegetarian Indian side dish made with yogurt (or curd), onion, and tomato in about 5 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yogurt (or curd)
  • 1/3 cup onion (finely chopped (about 1 small onion))
  • 1/3 cup tomato (finely chopped (about 1 small tomato))
  • 1 green chili (finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (cilantro) (finely chopped)
  • 1/2 teaspoon roasted cumin (jeera) powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon black salt ((or salt))
  • water (as needed for thinning the curd (optional))

Method

  1. Whisk yogurt (or curd) in a large mixing bowl until it’s smooth and consistent.
  2. Add onions, tomatoes, green chilies, coriander leaves, roasted jeera powder, and black salt. Mix everything well.
  3. Serve the onion tomato raita chilled with pulao, biryani.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.