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Pyaaz Ka Raita/Onion Raita [Onion-Yogurt Dip] and Awards !!!


By Renus Kitchen (Visit website)



Raita is a very popular side dish served with Indian food. It is typically made from yogurt/curd with your choice of vegetables and herbs. Onion raita, comes very handy when other vegetables are not in your pantry. Onion is something you will find in everybody's kitchen!



Ingredients:

Red Onion - 1 medium [thinly slice them in the form of rings]
Dahi/Indian curd or Yogurt - 1 cup
Black salt [kala namak] - to taste
Red chili powder - to taste
Roasted cumin seeds powder (zeera powder)
Sugar - just enough to lightly sweeten the raita

For Tempering

Black mustard seeds [Rai] - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 6-7
MDH Kashmiri chili powder - 1/2 tsp [this adds color to the raita]
Canola Oil - 1tsp

Method:
Beat the curd/yogurt with hand beater to get rid of lumpsAdd black salt, red chillies powder, cumin seeds powder and sugar. Adjust the taste
Now add thinly sliced onion rings [its important to thinly slice the onions. Thick onion slices don't taste that well] Mix it gently and keep it asidePrepare the tadka [tempering]
Heat oil in a deep spoon. When the oil is hot add mustard seeds, once they start popping , add curry leaves.Immediately take the spoon off the stove, add kashmiri red chili powder and pour the tadka (tempering mix) in the raitaServe it with coconut - mint rice


AWARDS AND TAGS !!!
I felt so honored and special when couple my blog friends, Indrani and Sangi passed on the following awards and tag to me.....Thank you so much for thinking of me and making my day so specialHere goes the answers to the questions.....

1. What is your current obsession?
Cooking
2. What are you wearing today?
Skirt and a top
3. What's for dinner today ?
Chapati/Roti, Gobhi -allo ki curry and raita
4. What's the last thing you bought?
Shoes for my baby
5. What are you listening to right now?
actually listening to television
6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
They both are wonderful and hardworking bloggers and have always inspired me
7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the World, where would you like it to be?
In Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Sunglasses, sunscreen, cap, water bottle and deodorant
9.If you could go anywhere in the World for the next hour , where would you go?
India
10. Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish
11. Who do you want to meet right now?
My sister
12. What is your favorite color?
Black and white
13. What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own closet?
My banarsi saries, which I am never going to wear it
14. What is your dream job?
To be a baker....love baking
15. What is your favorite magazine?
I don't read magazines :(
16. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Would buy a watch
17. What is your favorite pass time?
Surfing on the net
18. Who are your style icon?
None
19. Describe your personal style?
Simple and sober
20. What are you going to do after this?
Clean my kitchen
21. What are your favorite movies?
Jaane bhi do yaaron [hilarious movie, a must watch ]
22. What inspires you?
Appreciation
23. Give us three styling tips that always works for you?
Wear a big smile, wear less make-up and act smart
24. Coffee or Tea
Both
25. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
Talk to my family
27. Which other blogs you love visiting?
All food and parenting blogs
28. Favorite dessert/sweet
I love them all
29. Favorite season?
Spring
30. One thing you love about yourself?
I am very family oriented
31. What is your favorite line?
"The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right" -- Mahatma Gandhi
32. What is the meaning of your name?
Renu-smallest particle, yet important. I am the unit of anything :-)
33. Do you like surprise parties?
No, I don't.....I want to know before hand so that I can dress well and look nice :-)
This is my add-on question:
34. Your best childhood memories
mine are the days spent in high school....
The rules are: Respond and rework ? answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

I would like to pass on these awards to my following blogger friends:
Pavithra, Suparna, Vrinda, Priti, Poornima, Varunavi, Shama Nagarajan, Smitha



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