In India, curd means liquid, sour and unsweetened yogurt. Rice with curd or rice with yogurt is a popular specialty dish in southern Indian states such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu it is one of the foods that is offered to God in many Shiva and Sri Vaishnavite temples, which is then distributed as “prasadam” (blessed food) to devotees. This prasad (blessed food) is called by a different name like dadhiannam or dadyodanam. It is mostly prepared by simply mixing boiled rice and yogurt, but to make it more delicious you can add different spices and dried fruits and fruits. This is one of the best ways to use up leftover rice. In South India it is always on the main menu for lunch and dinner and it is standard to eat curd rice after lunch and dinner, which also helps to digest the spicy main dish. On hot summer days it acts as a body refresher. No South Indian food is complete without curd rice. The South Indian restaurant serves curd rice with different names dadhojanam (in Telegu), bhagla bhat or general purpose Mosaranna. I’m sure you will enjoy this curd rice recipe.
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cook time 15 minutes
2 servings
Ingredients
200g cooked basmati or any rice
150 g of cottage cheese or Greek yogurt
2 cold greens, chopped
1 teaspoon minced ginger
8 to 10 curry leaves
1 teaspoon urad dal
1 teaspoon mustard seed
¼ teaspoon meethi seed
1 cold whole red
hand full of raisins
handful of cashews
handful of pomegranate seeds
1 tablespoon of sunflower oil
Salt to taste
Cooking methods
Take a pan oil and then add the mustard seed, meethi seed, urad dal and whole red cold when the mustard seed starts to pop, then add the curry leaves, minced green chili, minced ginger and the cashew. Fry them. Now turn off the heat and mix the cooked rice and salt. Let it cool down. Now, in a large bowl, take the seasoned rice and the pomegranate seeds, raisins, and hanging curd. Mix well with gentle hands. If the mixture seems too tight, you can add 2 tablespoons of milk. Mix well and serve cold. Curd rice goes great with a simple South Indian style lemon or mango pickle, uppu menasinakayi (fried salty chili peppers), raw onion or daal or you can even try it with a South Indian style meat dish .