Raita

🥘 Ingredients

• cucumber 1 large
• kosher salt ½ tsp
• cumin seeds 2 tsp
• plain whole-milk yogurt 2 cup
• kosher salt ¾ tsp
• granulated sugar ½ tsp
• mint 2 Tbs
• chaat masala ½ tsp

1. 1

   Rest cucumber under kosher salt 15 min , then wring it out in a cloth over the sink, hard.
2. 2

   Toast cumin seeds in a dry skillet 1 min , until they darken, then crush them coarsely in a mortar .
3. 3

   Whisk @&( timer into plain whole-milk yogurt , kosher salt and granulated sugar 1 min , until it is smooth enough to pour off a spoon.
4. 4

   Fold @&( timer into @&( timer with mint and chaat masala , and 30 min .
5. 5

   Whole-milk yogurt: capsaicin dissolves in fat and casein carries it off the tongue. Water does neither.