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Amaranth Raita

Amaranth Raita

Name: Amaranth Raita
Total time: 29 s
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 0.5 cups Green Amaranth Leaves; 0.5 cups Curd; 1 pinch Jeera Powder; 1 pinch Black Salt

Time15 Min

DifficultyEasy

Serves1

Amaranth is a highly nutritious and delicious green leaf that is widely used in various recipes of the Indian cuisine. Here, we have a very unique and refreshing amaranth raita recipe that is perfect to be savoured during summers! There’s nothing better than healthy and satiating raita to go along with your full course meal. While there are tonnes of raita recipes which you can try out this one wi ... ll surely serve as a delightful recipe with the Amaranth leaves. Follow our recipe blog or amaranth raita video for all the instructions on how to make amaranth raita at home! Once you have gathered all the ingredients for amaranth raita you can whip up this recipe in a matter of minutes! While this one is a basic recipe with very fewer ingredients you can always add more spices to this recipe according to your taste! For instance, you can also add a pinch of black pepper powder or chat masala if you like it to be a little spicy. Another healthy addition can be pomegranate, chopped coriander leaves, cucumber, and other veggies. To make it more appetising for kids you can try it out with flavoured yoghurt instead of curd!

Ingredients

Dairy

Curd

0.5 cups

Dry Grocery

Black Salt

1 pinch

Other

Green Amaranth Leaves

0.5 cups

Jeera Powder

1 pinch

Directions

Blanch fine julienne Amaranth Leaves and Strain the excess water and allow it to cool.

In a mixing bowl, add blanched Amaranth Leaves, Curd, Black Salt, Cumin Powder. Mix it well

Serve Chilled.

Health benefits of Amaranth Raita

Per serving of this delicious amaranth, raita is about 70 calories! Amaranth leaves and amaranth seeds are considered to be superfood owing to their immense health benefits and nutrition. Amaranth leaves are considered to be a powerhouse of many phytonutrients, antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins. They are also rich in flavonoid polyphenolic antioxidants such as beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, and lutein which protects our body against the oxidative stress caused by free-radicals. It is also a rich source of an antioxidative vitamin, namely vitamin A and just a cup of amaranth leaves can meet up to 97% of your daily vitamin A requirement! Another healthy ingredient in the recipe includes curd. We are all aware of the health benefits of curd it makes your teeth and bones stronger, improves immunity, improves digestion, helps lose weight, removes dandruff, improves gut health, and maintains a healthy heart. It is highly recommended to include curd in your daily diet. The relatively low-calorie count, along with all the health benefits associated with amaranth raita makes it a perfect accompaniment with a full course meal.