Raita – Indian-style Yogurt Salad with Tomatoes, Peanuts and Mint

Raita – Indian-style yogurt salad – is a perennial favorite in our house. When we have an Indian feast the calm, cool taste of raita is a nice counterpoint to the spiciness of the other dishes. But in mid-summer, when the tomatoes are ripe and flavorful, the cucumbers are bursting on the vine and the mint patch is threatening to take over the yard, raita is on our table, Indian feast or not. 

We especially love it now that good-quality Greek yogurt is readily available in most areas. Made with regular plain yogurt raita can be watery and unsatisfying. But when made with strained Greek yogurt – even the non-fat versions – the result is creamy and satisfying. 

And of course, we love it because it's low in calories, low in carbs and low in those evil WW Points!