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Salad dressings & dips
Spinach raita
Ingredients
- 1 tsp mustard seed (black)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 300g spinach, washed and stems removed
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 440ml yoghurt
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper
Method
Prep time:
5 min
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Cooking time:
5 min
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Step 1
'Dry fry' mustard and cumin seeds in a frying pan until they pop. Remove from heat. -
Step 2
Blanch spinach quickly in boiling water, refresh, drain and squeeze out excess water. Chop spinach finely. -
Step 3
Add garlic, spinach, lemon zest and juice, spices, and salt and pepper to the yoghurt. -
Step 4
This is a good accompaniment to most curries (apparently our national dish nowadays) or with grilled lamb/chicken and saffron rice.