One of the easiest raita recipes is this Aloo Raita. This potato raita recipe needs just a handful of ingredients and is a great side for whole grain roti and biriyani.

I am not sure why and how I missed out on making such a simple and delicious Aloo Raita. When browsing through recipes to make for the Haryana Thali, I came across this Potato Raita and it caught my eye right away.

Potatoes and yogurt in a green bowl with lid

With the spicy Hara cholia and paneer subzi, I figured that this Aloo Raita will work great.

After I tasted the raita with the bajra roti, I realized that all I needed was this raita to go along with the bajra roti. It tasted wonderful and paired great with the bajra roti. It also has the most common ingredients.

I used some roasted cumin powder as well as chaat masala. Chaat masala is purely optional and you can skip it if you don’t have any.

a plate with roti, curry, rice, raita and ladoo

The other recipes I made for the thali -

Besan ki Pinni
Bajra roti
Aloo Raita
Jeera Rice
Hara Cholia Paneer subzi

Ingredients to make Aloo Raita – Serves 4

Aloo/potato – 2 medium (boiled)
Yogurt – 1 ½ cups
Salt – to taste
Sugar – ½ tsp
Chaat masala – 1 tsp
Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
Chili powder – ¼ tsp
Cilantro – a good handful (finely chopped)

Procedure to make Potato Raita –

Boil the potatoes and mash them up or cut them into bite-size pieces. I peel the potatoes and then microwave them to cook them. For a couple of potatoes, it just takes 5 minutes in the microwave.

In a bowl whisk the yogurt and add all the spices, salt, and sugar along with the cilantro.

Add the boiled potatoes and mix them up.

Serve this chilled with roti and/or rice.

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