Curd rice

Name: Curd rice
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup boiled rice; 1 cup thick Yoghurt/curd; To taste Salt; For tempering:-; 1/2 tsp Sesame Oil; 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 pinch Asafoetida (optional); A few Curry leaves; 1 tiny piece of fresh Ginger chopped finely; 1 Green chilli finely chopped; For Garnishing:; Handful Pomegranate; few fresh Coriander leaves chopped

Reena Wadhwa @cook_13779666

Bangalore

Curd rice

Reena Wadhwa @cook_13779666

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Ingredients

1/2 cupboiled rice
1 cupthick Yoghurt/curd
To tasteSalt
For tempering:-
1/2 tspSesame Oil
1/2 tspMustard seeds
1 pinchAsafoetida (optional)
A fewCurry leaves
1tiny piece of fresh Ginger chopped finely
1Green chilli finely chopped
ForGarnishing:
HandfulPomegranate
fewfresh Coriander leaves chopped

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Steps

1

Half cup of rice boiled nicely and mashed slightly
(do not use Basmati Rice/ Delhi Rice for it would not be suitable for South Indian Yoghurt or Curd Rice, instead use Sona Masuri or any such Rice)
2

Now add 1 cup of thick Yogurt/ Curd and mix it with the mashed up Rice nicely. If needed you can add some water.
3

Add Salt to taste.Heat a small pan with oil, once hot, add the Mustard seeds and let them Crackle.
4

Then add all the other ingredients for the tempering, saute for a second and pour the tempering on the prepared Yogurt / Curd Rice, and garnish it with coriander leaves and pomegranate.
5

Enjoy this deliciously cool dish to beat the hot summer. Goes well in summer or winter. Serve curd Rice with some nice tangy pickle.