Raita -- how do you serve it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"You"? This is not an American dish.

You again? Americans eat raita and are here to answer this question. Go away.

[Anonymous]

OP, I’m Indian. I applaud you figuring things out with your toddler. Don’t mix raita and dal. On a plate, put rice, dal, and raita on separate parts and let people eat and mix as they want. For your toddler, maybe mix the rice and dal together, and the raita and rice together, and serve those two things on same plate. Indians might do that for feeding babies. If you want to add naan to the mix, break off pieces of naan and scoop whatever you want in to it. I might scoop a nice amount of daal into a bite, then dip it in the raita. I would add some tandoori chicken to my plate too, if you want to branch out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"You"? This is not an American dish.

You again? Americans eat raita and are here to answer this question. Go away.

Indian Americans are Americans too!

[Anonymous]

Raita is served with dry foods typically. It is not considered a “dip” in India and we don’t dunk naan in it. It is intended to balance out spicy dishes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ŵhat is Raita?

Tzaziki

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ŵhat is Raita?

Tzaziki

They are different

[Anonymous]

American here with no Indian heritage whatsoever, and didn't learn what raita was until I was about 25. So take my experience with a huge grain of salt.

I put each item in a serving dish on the table. For my plate, I layer rice, then dal or butter chicken or whatever we're having, then a dollop of raita on top.

Or if we're having biryani, I just scoop that onto my plate and put raita on top.

I use naan like a scoop to pick up bites of everything else.

I don't stir it all together before eating, I like it more layered, but I get a bit if raita in each bite.

[Anonymous]

Raita is usually served with a melange rice like pulao or biryani as a balancing side dish. Some people like to have Raita with roti also. But the kind of Raita that goes with roti has different ingredients . Not that you need to follow this, just saying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raita is usually served with a melange rice like pulao or biryani as a balancing side dish. Some people like to have Raita with roti also. But the kind of Raita that goes with roti has different ingredients . Not that you need to follow this, just saying

What this PP and several others said. I personally love raita with chapati/plain paratha, but that's not the traditional way to serve it. Biryani is fairly involved, but pulao is fairly easy to prepare. Depending on the consistency of your dal, you can eat it with rice or a flatbread. Looser dal is typically served over rice, and thicker ones with roti. You can also have dal with poori, if you want to branch out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ŵhat is Raita?

Tzaziki

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raita is served with dry foods typically. It is not considered a “dip” in India and we don’t dunk naan in it. It is intended to balance out spicy dishes.

Is there some sort of raita police that will ticket you for using raita as a dip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Raita is served with dry foods typically. It is not considered a “dip” in India and we don’t dunk naan in it. It is intended to balance out spicy dishes.

Is there some sort of raita police that will ticket you for using raita as a dip?

Why don’t you start?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you were serving dal and raita, or dal and another liquidy dish, how do you serve them? Over rice next to each other, the way you might serve two Chinese dishes? The raita goes into the dal, the way you might put sour cream onto chili? A bowl of dal, naan, and the raita on the side as if the naan was a dip?

I'd love to know both the answer from someone who has experience eating it in the authentic way, and the answer from someone who serves it with American dishes and silverware.

I will say in advance that I don't actually know how I got to adulthood without knowing this.

I'm American. There's "table raita" which is a big dish with a serving spoon in it. I often encircle the dish with cucumber slices but maybe thats just presentation. The little kids get their own individual portions of raita in a tiny pitcher because they are sloppy

Sometimes the adults will ask for a tiny pitcher of raita and keep it on their plate for dipping or pour it on their food

I am not asking what you serve it in. I'm asking what you dip into it, or what you pour it on.

You have an odd way of conversing.

Raita is a “dip”. It does not go with dal! It goes with naan or pita.

OP is looking for information and seems open to learning. I’m not OP and learned somethings reading this. What’s the big deal?

Nothing wrong with the initial post but OP scolded someone for saying what they serve raita in when OP wants to know what to eat it with. Odd.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Raita is served with dry foods typically. It is not considered a “dip” in India and we don’t dunk naan in it. It is intended to balance out spicy dishes.

Is there some sort of raita police that will ticket you for using raita as a dip?

Seems like Lots of rigidity showing up on this post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Raita is served with dry foods typically. It is not considered a “dip” in India and we don’t dunk naan in it. It is intended to balance out spicy dishes.

Is there some sort of raita police that will ticket you for using raita as a dip?

Seems like Lots of rigidity showing up on this post.

OP wanted to know what the authentic way of serving raita and dal are. The answers from people that show "lots of rigidity" are from that perspective. Obviously, you can use raita whatever way you want, but that's not the traditional way of serving it.