Thayir Pachadi (Without vegetables) – Plain Raita

This is a quick thayir pachadi/raita that is made without any vegetable. I have often eaten this pachadi in the weddings and love it with sambhar rice and rasam rice. Also I like to dip my vadai into this pachadi. All you need is yogurt and basic seasoning ingredients.

Preparation time – 5 minutes
Cooking time – 2 minutes
Difficulty level – easy

Ingredients to make Thayir Pachadi – serves 4

• Fresh yogurt / Curd – 1 ½ cup (slightly whisked
• Oil – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds -¼ tsp
• Asafetida – a pinch
• Coconut – 3 tbsp (grated)
• Green chili – 1 or 2
• Ginger – ½ tsp grated
• Salt – to taste
• Curry leaves – few
• Cilantro – few

Procedure to make –

• Whisk the curd/yogurt and keep it aside.
• Grind the coconut, green chilies and the ginger to a smooth paste and add it to the yogurt. Add salt and mix well.
• Fry the seasoning (mustard seed, asafetida and curry leaves) in oil and add it to the yogurt mixture.
• Mix well and garnish with cilantro. Keep it refrigerated until ready to serve or it might become sour.