This dish is perfect for hot days and to accompany hot dishes - it's cooling, refreshing, and light. It can be prepared with other vegetables (cooked beets, grated carrot, wilted spinach), but with the cucumber it's extra refreshing and hydrating. It is far from an authentic raita, but it just means this is the beginning and I'll have to share another recipe soon! We had this with the spiced onions and chickpeas, but I plan to have more of it in a wrap with lettuce and tomatoes, and loaded onto big wedges of sweet pepper.