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Vrat dish, illustrative
Volume II · 12.07

Makhana Raita (Vrat)

Serves
4
Portion
100 g
Time
10 min
Texture
Soft
Season
All year
Dosha
  • Vata
  • Pitta
  • Kapha

Cooling

Ingredients

What you need

Ingredients for 4 servings
DoneIngredientHousehold measureQuantity (4 servings)Café batch ×5
Curd (dahi), plain1¼ cups280 g1400 g
Fox nut (makhana)¾ cup, roasted20 g100 g
Cumin (jeera)¼ tsp roasted1 g5 g
Black pepperpinch0.3 g1.5 g
Rock salt (sendha namak)⅓ tsp rock salt2 g10 g
Mint leaves4 leaves3 g15 g

Method

How to cook it

  1. Step 1: Whisk curd with cumin, pepper, salt.

  2. Step 2: Fold in makhana 10 minutes before serving so they soften.

  3. Step 3: Garnish with mint.

Nutrition

Per serving, estimated

61kcal
Energy
2.9g
Protein
2.5g
Fat
7.2g
Carbohydrate
0.3g
Fibre
0.5g
Salt

Where the energy comes from

Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g

Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.

Variations & further ideas