Boondi Raita

Ingredients:

1. ½ bowl Boondi (fried gram flour balls)
2. 500g fresh curd
3. Freshly powdered black pepper
4. Red pepper powder to taste
5. Freshly roasted and  grounded cumin seed powder
6. Salt to taste

Method:

•  Soak the boondi in lukewarm water for 10 minutes.
•  Sieve and squeeze the boondi and throw away the water.
• Take the curd in a wide bowl and blend with a hand blender, add water according to the curd to maintain medium consistency (not too thick, nor too thin).
• Add the squeezed boondi, black pepper, red pepper powder, cumin seed powder, salt to blended curd. Mix well.
• Serve cool raita, garnished with pinch of pepper powder and few coriander leaves on the top.

Note:

There are two common types of boondi available in the market simple and masala boondi (spiced version), you can choose according to your taste buds.