Raita

1 cup of yogurt
whip it up
Mama was taught to put a bit of skim milk or milk, daddy prefers water (no water or milk if cucumber)
1/2 a cucumber, peel it and grate it into a bowl, keeping the water that comes out in the bowl
put it in yogurt (dump the water as well into the yogurt)
1/2 teaspoon of salt (maybe less) – after making it- definitely less
a little black pepper (maybe 1/8 teaspoon)
1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin
fresh mint leaves chopped finely
stir