CURD RICE

INGREDIENTS

Cooked rice – 1cup

Curd – 1 1/2 cup

Milk – 1/4 cup

Salt to taste

TALIMPU

Oil – 1tsp

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1tsp

Dried red chilli – 8

Curry leaves – few

Finely chopped ginger – 1 tsp

Finely  chopped green chillies – 1/2 tsp

Black pepper corn – 6

Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp

Pomegranate arils – 1 to 2 tbsp optional

METHOD

• With a masher, mash the cooked rice and keep it aside. Add curd and milk to the rice. Mix well and break lumps if any.
• You can either use a spoon or your hands while breaking the lumps.
• Heat oil in a pan, add chana dal and urad dal, fry for few seconds.
• Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and black pepper corns. Once the mustard seeds start to crackle, add finely chopped ginger and green chillies .
• Fry for a few seconds and add broken red chillies and curry leaves. When the curry leaves turn crisp, add asafoetida and turn off the stove.
• Pour the talimpu over the curd rice and mix well. Add coriander leaves and salt to the curd rice, mix well. Serve cold.

SUGGESTIONS

The rice has to be more soft than what we cook on a daily basis.

Serve curd rice topped with few coriander leaves and pomogranate arils.

You can skip the fruit.