Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp – grated fresh Coconut
• 3-4 – dry Red Chillies
• 1/2 tsp -methi (fenugreek) seeds
• Curry leaves
• 1 tsp – oil to fry this
• 3 cups – buttermilk or curds (yogurt)
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp -coconut oil

Method:

1. Fry methi and red chillies in oil and grind it to a paste with the grated coconut.
2. Mix this masala in the buttermilk adding salt to taste.
3. Keep it on the stove and keep stirring.
4. Don’t let this boil.
5. Fry mustard seeds in coconut oil and season the raitha with this.
6. add curry leaves.
7. You can add sauteed eggplant, okra, etc to the raitha.

Recipe courtesy of Janani Hariharan