Raita and banana salad with Pepper-stuffed Olives

Ingredients

  • 250 g Manzanilla olives stuffed with peppers
  • 450 ml natural yoghurt
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 3 tbsp desiccated coconut
  • 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • ½ tbsp sugar
  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 4 tbsp flaked almonds
  • 2 tbsp coriander, chopped
  • 1 tbsp poppy seeds

Directions

1.  Cut the olives into slices. Keep some whole olives for garnish.
2. Cut the bananas into half-centimetre slices.
3. Mix the yoghurt, olives, cumin, desiccated coconut, mint, red chilli powder, sugar, and lime juice.
4. In a bowl, mix the banana with the yoghurt and spice mixture.
5. Serve the salad in individual plates, sprinkle with almonds, coriander, poppy seeds, and garnish with some whole olives.