Pretty Basic Raita With Tomatoes and Cucumbers

Ingredients

• 2
  
  small cucumbers, Kirby or mini English ones
  
• A half
  
  teaspoons of Maldon sea salt
  
• 2
  
  green onions, chopped
  
• 1/2
  
  cup whole milk Balkan-style yogurt (you want the yogurt firm but not liquid-free)
  
• 2 or 3
  
  small tomatoes (bigger than cherry but smaller than Roma)
  
• 1/2-1
  
  teaspoons Chaat Masala spice mixture(see photograph)
  
• 1
  
  drizzle of runny honey
  

Directions

1. Cut off the tips of the cucumbers, and grate them, unpeeled, on the side of a box grater.
2. Put the cucumber in a strainer over the sink and sprinkle the Maldon salt overtop. Leave this for half an hour.
3. Finely chop the green onions and put them in a medium-sized bowl.
4. Put your half a cup of yogurt in the bowl too, stir this up.
5. Take your small tomatoes and cut them up finely, no need to get rid of seeds and juice. Put them in the bowl.
6. Press the water as much as you can out of the cucumbers and add them to the yogurt mixture. Stir it up gently.
7. Sprinkle in your Chaat Masala spice mix.
8. Drizzle the honey over top and stir. Bring to the table.