Seasonal Bounty

In summer, she is in heaven. She actually has cucumbers in her sandwich instead of lettuce. So cucumber raita is naturally a logical choice. If you are going be seeing lots of garlic scapes, in the farmers markets these days. If you like garlic the way we do, you can use them for anything. Here is what I did with the raita,

Cucumber, Garlic and Orange Raita

Makes 1 cup

Ingredients

3/4 cup natural yogurt (with whey)

1/2 teaspoon black salt

1/2 teaspoon honey

2 tablespoons orange juice ( 1 shall actually use small pieces of fresh sectioned oranges next time)

1 teaspoon very finely chopped ginger (optional)

1 teaspoon minced mint

1/4 cup finely chopped garlic scapes

1/2 cup peeled grated cucumber (1 small cucumber)

Method of Preparation

1. Beat the yogurt well, and mix in the black salt, honey, orange juice, ginger and mint till the ingredients are well mixed.

2. Stir in the garlic scapes and cucumber. Chill and use the raita as dip or side. We ate this with alu tikkis today.