CURD RICE

Curd Rice is a delicious easy south Indian recipe where cooked rice is mixed with curd and a tempering is done to it. It is a full meal in itself and can be had any time of the day. You can cook the rice for this in a pressure cooker and let it cool before mixing it with curd or best is to use leftover rice. It can be served with potato fry.

INGREDIENTS:

Raw rice - 1/2 cup

Curd - 1/2 cup

Coriander leaves

Green chili - 2 to 3

Ginger - 1inch piece

Salt - as needed

Onion - 1

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Channa dal - 1/2 tsp

Cashew nuts, broken - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves

Peanuts - 10 Asafoetida

METHOD:

1. Wash the rice and pressure cook with 1cup of water for 3 whistles. 

2. Bring the rice to room temperature.

3. Heat oil in a pan.

4. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, urad dal, and channa dal and let them crackle for a few seconds.

5. Add cashews, peanuts, green chili, curry leaves and asafoetida. Fry until cashews and peanuts turn a little brown.

6. Pour 1/4 to 1/2 cup water and add salt.

7. Add the rice and curd. Cook it in a low flame for 5 mins.

8. Add water or curd if required.

9. Switch off the flame and add finely chopped onion and coriander leaves.

10. Serve the curd rice with potato fry and pickle.