Aloo Raita

Aloo raita is yet anoher yummy raita which will go almost with anything or just serve yourself in a bowl and enjoy.
I am writing two diferent ways of making it.
 1st method
Aloo or potato - 1 large(boiled deskinned and cute into cubes, not really into equal cubes )
yogurt - 200 ml,
green chillies - 1finely chopped,
                or
red chillies - 1 broken,
curry leaves - 5-6
coriander - 1tblspn
oil - 1tspn,
asafoetid  - a pinch,
urad dal - 1/2 tslpn,
mustard seeds - 1 tspn,
coconut - 1 tblspn.

Method
In a pan heat oil and add asafoetida and mustard and allow to crackle, and then add urad dal and brown it, then add red or green chillies, curry leaves and coriander leaves and switch of flame.  Completely cool the mixture.
whisk yogurt to smooth and add salt coconut and cubed aloo and add the tempering.

Note:
You can omit coconut, if you dont want to.
You can used chopped raw cucumber or grated beeroot(cooked) or chopped and blaunched spinach or even crisp fried okra.

2nd Method
Ingredients:
For grinding,
coconut - 1cup,
green chillies - 2,
mustard - 1/2 tspn,
chopped coriander - 2 tspn,
asafoetida - a pinch.

aloo - 1 large(boiled and cubed)
yogurt - 200ml.

Salt.
For tempering,
oil - 1tspn, mustard, asafoetida.

Method:
Grind the ingredients into smooth paste with little water.
whisk yogurt.
Mix together yogurt, ground paste, salt and aloo.
Temper with the tempering ingredients.

Note:
Instead of aloo you can use chopped and cooked choyote, or sweet pumpkin or white pumpkin or chopped raw cucumber.
The above picture of the 2nd method.