"Raita" or yoghurt based salad for biriyani

Onion tomato raita

A cool refreshing "raita" is the right complement to piping hot spicy biriyani.

Serves 4
Preparation time : 10 minutes

Ingredients

1. Ripe red tomatoes chopped - 1 cup
2. Onions chopped - 1 cup
3. Green chillies chopped (optional) - as per taste
4. Yoghurt - 2 cups
5. Salt to taste
6. Black pepper powder (optional) - 1/4 teaspoon

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients except salt. Keep to cool in refrigerator.
2. Before serving, stir in salt and serve with biriyani.

Tips

Green chillies and black pepper powder make the raita spicy. So, these may be added only if you want.

Adding salt early makes the tomatoes and onions release a lot of water. The "raita" will be watery if this happens.