Pakistan's Win and Victory Raita for Razzaq

And a good day to you!  Life certainly is good today.  Pakistan won the second ODI against South Africa in a shocking Razz-le Dazzle Showdown that just blew my mind!  The cute Fawad Alam scored a 49, the captain Shahid Afridi scored a 48, and the fabulous Abdul Razzaq scored over a century with 16 in the final 3 balls, sending the crowd into a frenzy!  Excellent...and what a great birthday present for my husband, who turns 43 today!   Happy Birthday, Z!

What a reversal of fortunes.  I am convinced that eating good, traditional pakistani food led the team towards their victory today.


Afridi, looking particularily fit after a good pilao



Razzaq, full of energy and strength after eating Aloo Gosht



 Wahab Riaz, showing the South
Africans who's boss after eating a vegetable salan and samosas








Keep it up, fellows!  And in honour of the good work the team has done today, I am posting a recipe for Victory Raita for Razzaq, a nutritious yet delicious yoghurt side dish that you can eat with naan, salans or samosas.  Stay strong and fit!
 
Victory Raita
Ingredients
1 cup of plain yoghurt
1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1/2 a chopped tomato
1/4 finely chopped onion
lal mirch (red chili powder) to taste
salt to taste
some chopped coriander

First of all, dry roast the cumin seeds in a pan.  This means do not use oil, just heat up the cumin seeds in a hot pan.
Add the cumin seeds and the rest of the ingredients into the yoghurt, and stir thoroughly.

Yoghurt and raita are used to "cool down" dishes that have a lot of chilies in them.  I personally like a very firey raita, but if you want the raita to calm down the spiciness of other things you're eating, use very little or no lal mirch at all.

And again, well done Pakistan!  I'm looking forward to the next ODI, and you should be looking forward to another victory and another great pakistani meal!

Happy eating, and HAPPY CRICKET!