Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Curd Rice / Yogurt Rice



Curd rice or Yogurt rice is the most day to day food of south India. The preparation involves very little time and according to our taste we can change the ingredients keeping the base as yogurt. It is the best lunch box food those days for me and it always pairs with all kind of pickles.







Basic Information:
 

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10minutes

Serves: 2-3



Ingredients:



Fresh Cooked Rice / Left Over Rice - 1 cup

Curd - 1.5 - 2 cups

Butter Milk - 1/4 cup (optional)

Ginger - 1 inch, chopped very finely

Curry leaves - 2 strings

Dry red chillies - 2 nos

Salt - to taste

Channa Dal - 1 teaspoon

Mustard seeds and urid dal - 1/2 teaspoon

Green chillies - 2 nos, chop them finely.

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Oil - 2 teaspoon



Method:



1) In a Bowl, take rice and lightly mash them. If you are using a fresh cooked rice, allow it to cool and mash them.

2) Pour Curd/Yogurt, butter milk to the bowl. Add green chilli,one string curry leaves and salt to taste. Mix well.

3) Now, Take a pan and heat oil in it.

4) When oil is hot, put mustard seeds,urid dal and channa dal.

5) When Mustard seeds splutter up, add dry red chilli and asafoetida.

6) After a second, add ginger and fry them for few minutes.

7) Add remaining curry leaves and turn off the heat.

8) Mix this seasoning with curd rice. Mix well.

9) Serve with Pickle.







Note:

1) You can also mix grapes and pomegranate seeds, mango slices and grapes with this to get unique and different taste.