Nellikaai Thayir Pachadi |Amla Raita | Yogurt Dip
Nellikaai thayir pachadi, amla raita, amla ground with spices and mixed with fresh curd. A delicious and refreshing dip.
Servings 2
Calories
Equipment
- Indian style mixie or any heavy blender
Ingredients
- 2 nos Uppu Nellikaai/Amla cooked with water & salt/Amla inbrine
- 3 tbsp freshly grated coconut
- ½ a green chili
- ½ cup curd/full fat yogurt
- 1 tablespoon fresh coriander leaves for garnish
- a small piece of fresh ginger
Tempering
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 no green chili, slit lengthwise
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ⅛ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
Instructions
- Remove the seeds from the amla and chop it roughly. Take the chopped amla, coconut, ginger together in a small mixer. Grind it to a fine paste using 2 tablespoon of water.
- Whisk yogurt in serving bowl, add this ground amla mixture to it. Taste and add salt, mix well.
- In a small tadka pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, crackle cumin, add the slit chillies. Pour tis sizzling tadka over the raita. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve along with rice.
- It tastes delicious when mixed with steaming hot rice. Can be served as an accompaniment to one-pot meals.