• Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Sinamon Tales

by Monika

  • Home
  • Recipe Index
  • About
  • Work with Me
  • Media Mentions

Quick Cooking : Orange Peel Raita

Delicious orange peel raita which is great for any meal! It is an amazing accompaniment for any dish!

This week the blog assigned to me for Blog Hop Wednesday is Prat’s Corner and one look at Orange Peel Thambli recipe on her blog and I knew this orange peel raita is what I had to make.

orange peel raita

 

Yes yes, we did it just last week but this time because of Diwali we are doing it a week earlier. Anyway, I absolutely love raitas of all kinds.  In fact, raita is the form in which I like eating curd the best. Any where I see a new recipe of raita I have to try it out. And zest, well my love for zest is no secret to my blog readers.

Made this orange peel raita just 15 mins ago to be served tonight with dinner along with rasam, sambhar, potato arbi sabji and rice. It looks yum. I actually cheated a little and already ate a small helping of it and let me tell you, it tastes so divine!

After finishing cooking, being addicted to twitter, I tweeted about the menu and the orange peel raita created such a buzz. Lot of people asking me about it and so people, here it is easy and lovely addition to the meal.

And before we go further just look how lovely does the orange peel, coconut base of the raita looks!

 

Isn’t it really pretty looking. The trick to using zest it so ensure that you do not scrape the white pith of the orange or lemon. The peel actually tastes pretty good and it is only the white pith which is really bitter. If you are careful during the removal of zest, trust me, the taste and the smell of citrus zest is something you is so appetising!

Recipe – Orange Peel Raita (adapted from Prat’s Corner)

Quick Cooking : Orange Peel Raita

Delicious orange peel raita which is great for any meal! It is an amazing accompaniment for any dish! 
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 tbsp orange peel (Fresh washed and chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons coconut grated (I used fresh but I think desiccated should work too)
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 1 tsp jeera
  • pinch cinnamon powder
  • 1 cup curd (not watery but not the set variety) thin
  • to taste salt

for the tempering

  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • handful curry leaves
  • 2 red chilli dry
  • 1 tsp oil

Instructions
 

  • Heat ghee and roast the jeera in that. After it turns a little brown, roast the coconut lightly and keep aside for cooling.
  • Grind the above with the chopped orange peel coarsely.
  • Beat the curd with salt lightly so that its smooth and mix it with the above mixture keep a tsp aside for garnishing.
  • Heat oil in a small pan, add the mutard seeds, when they splutter add curry leaves and dry red chillies.
  • Pour on the curd and serve chilled.

Notes

And to see what other blog hoppers are cooking go here.
If you make this, share a picture with me on twitter, instagram or Facebook? I would love to hear what you have to say about it !
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Related

Tweet
Share
Pin110
110 Shares

Appetizers & Sides// Indian Appetizers// Kid-Friendly// Under 30 minutes18 Comments

« Muffin Mondays & Orange Date Muffins
Seven Cup Cake & A Tribute To Jayasree »

Comments

  1. Anita Menon says

    October 19, 2011 at 7:05 pm

    very very intrigued. have.to.try. this. i hope it’s not too bitter

    Reply
  2. monikamanchanda says

    October 19, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    It wasn’t for me but if u are worried decrease the zest quantity

    Sent from my iPhone

    Reply
  3. Baker Street says

    October 19, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    I love the mustard seed tempering! sounds delicious!

    Reply
  4. Sumee says

    October 19, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    That looks sooooo good. I love orange in any form

    Reply
  5. ruchikrandhap says

    October 19, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    Superb! What a great way to utilize the orange peel, will definitely try it now 🙂

    Reply
  6. Priya Mahadevan says

    October 19, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    ooh, that is a superb idea – I am most certainly trying this raita out soon – LOVELY Lovely post!

    Reply
  7. Anamika says

    October 19, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    Orange zest and raita is anew one..but then if raita could have eggs and bhindi..then why not!!

    Reply
  8. santosh says

    October 19, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    super idea of raita

    Reply
  9. Priya Yallapantula says

    October 19, 2011 at 11:41 pm

    wow, that is new and interesting.

    Reply
  10. S says

    October 20, 2011 at 2:35 am

    Ah, there it is ! ThambuLi (as we call it) is a regular at our households and is made with anything and everything, ONLY I have not seen one with orange peel/zest so far !

    Must try, thank you 🙂

    – Soumya

    Reply
  11. Sreevalli says

    October 20, 2011 at 7:48 am

    Flavorful raita with orange zest…

    Reply
  12. Priya Sreeram says

    October 20, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    very nice recipe-looks yum

    Reply
  13. veena says

    October 20, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    Wow. this is one unique recipe. Love it

    Reply
  14. Shalini says

    October 21, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    Sure to give this a try.

    Reply
  15. monikamanchanda says

    October 21, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    frankly I love the mustard seeds tempering to anything 😉

    Reply
  16. monikamanchanda says

    October 21, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    hi-five

    Reply
  17. Aarti says

    October 24, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Interesting… but does the coconut overpower the orange peel taste?

    Reply
  18. Richa Priyanka says

    December 16, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Hi Mon, this sounds really interesting.. wasn’t the orange peel bitter? I have to try this soon!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Get my new books on Salad in your inbox. Subscribe now

About the Author

Monika is an ex-IT person turned into a food blogger, consultant, home baker and an amateur food photographer. She loves music, writing, food, and travel, but not necessarily in that order ;)

Sin-A-Mon Tales is a canvas for her food memories. Apart from Sin -A- Mon Tales, Monika also writes for many online websites and publications. She's an avid reader and can always be found with a book in her bag, which mostly is as bright as her. She's an obsessive traveler and is always looking for the next food story. Read More…

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 · Hosted by WPfog