{"id":599,"date":"2015-02-16T23:33:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T23:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/?p=599"},"modified":"2015-02-16T23:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T23:33:47","slug":"raita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/raita\/","title":{"rendered":"Raita"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Ingredients<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 1\/2 cups balkan yogurt, strained<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 english cucumber, peeled,seeded &amp; diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 onion, diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 large tomatoe or 1 small, seeded &amp; diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3\/4 teas crushed cumin seeds<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teas salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbls cilantro or mint or more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>About 4 hours before serving, strain yougurt using nylons streched over bowl, in fridge.<\/li>\n<li>Add cucumber, onion, tomatoe, cumin, sea salt and cilantro or mint.<\/li>\n<li>Let sit in fridge for about an hour to develop flavours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Serving Suggestions:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe purpose of this accompaniment is to cool the palate along side curry dishes but I find it is a favourite dip for nan, pitas or vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional:<\/strong><br \/>\nStraining the yougurt will make a nice thick dip\/accompaniment. If you are pressed for time, omit this step and expect a more watery consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Both cilantro and mint are used in Indian cooking. Most people prefer one over the other.<\/p>\n<p>Crushing the cumin seeds yourself in a mortar &amp; pestle or a coffee grinder (not used for coffee) will produce a fresher better tasting flavour but you can use cumin powder if pressed for time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serving Suggestions: The purpose of this accompaniment is to cool the palate along side curry dishes but I find it is a favourite dip for nan, pitas or vegetables. Optional: Straining the yougurt will make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[265],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}