Cucumber Yogurt salad is one of the easiest salads I’d love to prepare to balance my spicy rice dishes. It is a delicious side dish with a cooling effect.
This recipe can be done in just 15 minutes. It is made with plain yogurt, shredded cucumber, shredded carrot and a mix of seasoning. You can also add chopped tomatoes, chopped onions and chopped mint to make it more flavorful. Adding a teaspoon of pomegranate seeds gives this recipe a versatile taste.
This Cucumber Yogurt Salad tastes best alongside spicy rice dishes like my Spinach Rice, Vegetable Kitchari and Vegetable Dum Biryani.
What you’ll need to make Cucumber Yogurt Salad
- Plain Yogurt
- Cucumber (peeled, seeded and shredded)
- Carrot (shredded)
- Green Chili
- Cilantro
- Ground Ginger
- Ground Cumin
- Black Pepper
- Salt
How to make Cucumber Yogurt Salad with step by step photos & instructions
1. Whisk the yogurt until it’s lump free.
2. Combine shredded cucumber, shredded carrot, chopped green chili and cilantro with the whisked yogurt well.
3. Add the dry spice powders (ginger, cumin and black pepper) and salt as required.
4. Mix well and refrigerate until ready to serve.
5. Serve with any spicy rice dish or eat it as it is like a salad side.
Cucumber Yogurt Salad
- August 26, 2020
- 2
- 15 min
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Plain Yogurt
- 1 cup Cucumber (peeled, seeded and shredded)
- 1/2 cup Carrot (shredded)
- 1 Tsp chopped Green Chili
- ¼ cup chopped Cilantro
- ½ Tsp Ground Ginger
- ½ Tsp Ground Cumin
- ¼ Tsp Ground Black Pepper
- Salt as Required
Directions
- Step 1
- Whisk the yogurt until it’s lump free.
- Step 2
- Combine cucumber, carrot, cilantro, green chili and whisked yogurt together in a large bowl.
- Step 3
- Add ground ginger, ground cumin, ground pepper and salt as required. Mix well, refrigerate .
- Step 4
- Serve it with any flavored rice or eat it just as is!
Notes
- Add vegetables like chopped tomato, chopped onion and mint for more flavor.
- You can add pomegranate seeds to get a versatile taste.
- Plain yogurt is used in this recipe, do not use greek yogurt as this recipe might turn out to be Tzatziki sauce.
- You can adjust the consistency as per your choice, I like it thick but add little water if you like it more runny.
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