This recipe was posted in "BIR Recipe Requests", so I thought it might be helpful to move it to here.  It works a treat (with bhajis, papadoms, etc) and is based on the recipe found in Pat Chapman's Curry Bible:

-  225g yoghurt (Greek is good)
-  1/2 tsp chilli powder (optional)
-  1/2 tsp garam masala
-  1 tsp sugar (or to taste)
-  1 teaspoon bottled mint jelly (or sauce)
-  1/4 tsp mango powder (amchoor)
-  1 tbsp fresh coriander (finely chopped)
-  pinch of salt (or to taste)
-  couple of drops of green or yellow (or other colour) food colouring (optional)
-  1 clove finely chopped garlic (optional)

Simply blend all of the ingredients together.

Here is a photo of the Mint Raita (with a couple of drops of green food colouring) with Onion Bhajis (made to my recipe):

Looks good and I bet it tastes great Cory

CP

Made this myself, didn't have any mango, but tasted superb without it, many thanks.

JL

;D ;D Hell Yeah, I've used this recipe many times myself for Bhaji's and it's by far the tastiest with or without the mango taste.

CA, this looks good.

Hi Jon_LL and MB, 

Glad to hear you liked it both! 

Thanks for your other helpful comments MB.  It's essentially a very sound recipe and I'm glad you managed to successfully tweak it to your taste!   

Hi All,

Just thought I'd add to MB's helpful comments. 

I just made Sheek Keebabs again (here: https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1525.0) and served them with this Mint Raita and green salad.  I have to say that the Keebabs and Mint Raita were excellent! 

For the Mint Raita, I amended my posted recipe to the following:

-  225g Greek yoghurt
-  1/2 tsp chilli powder
-  1/2 tsp spice mix (here: https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1546.0) in place of garam masala
-  1 tbsp sugar (increased threefold)
-  1 tbsp bottled mint jelly (increased threefold)
-  1/4 tsp mango powder (amchoor)
-  3 tbsp fresh coriander (increased threefold)
-  1/4 tsp salt
-  couple of drops of green or yellow (or other colour) food colouring (optional)

I simply blitzed all of the ingredients in a mini-blender, adding about 100ml of milk to make a pourable sauce.

I always end up licking Mint Raita off the plate in a BIR....I did the same here, it was very good!   

Please note:

• the chilli powder adds a nice bite
• the sugar neutralises the tartiness of the youghurt
• the mint jelly really does add oodles to the taste and should be included
• the mango powder also really adds something special to the taste and should be included
• similarly, fresh coriander gives it a particular freshness, which is very nice
• I omitted the garlic (optional anyway)

Lovely!  And I'd say very close to that which you would get in a BIR   

Cory,
That is a wicked recipe...made last night to go with pakora and got rave reviews...thanks for that.

Of course I told my guests..ah something I rumbled up.. ;D

kidding..but def one in my book
regards

Hi Chef1707,

Glad you liked it....did you use the original (Pat Chapman's) recipe or the modified (later on the thread) recipe?

Regards,

Hi Cory,  Why is it that everytime I log on and look at your posts and see pictures of your food I'm starving ?    And at the same time wish my meals always looked as great as yours ! 

Practice makes perfect I suppose............................Back to the Kitchen.

Great food and easy to follow recipes, keep up the great work.


Cheers.    Pat