Curd rice is a simple, tasty, comfort food. It is one of the essential food in most South Indian home.

Summer is synonymous to curd and curd rice  as rains is to masala chai and pakoras. After a heavy meal, when dinner is out of mind, curd rice is a good option. When you are tired, after a long day work, curd rice is always welcome. In the blazing heat, it is one of the best food you can consume. It is the easiest summer food you can prepare.

In South India, the lunch and dinner ends with a curd rice. It is a ritual which most follow, either by mixing steamed rice with curd or butter milk. It is commonly known as mosaru anna or mosranna

Benefits of eating curd rice:

• Curds is a coolant food during summer.
• Curd rice is ideal for all.
• You can use  the left over rice to make curd rice.
• It is easy to prepare.

Occasionally, I prepare curd rice too. Bisebelebath and curd rice is one such combination we like at home. Here are a few tips I would like to share. The rice cooked should be soft, you can make it mushy with a ladle. Curd should not be added when the rice is hot. Allow it to cool sometime before mixing. Turmeric powder is never added in the seasoning here, unlike other dishes.

Curd Rice Recipe 

Ingredients:

1 bowl of rice cooked 

2 bowls of yoghurt

1 tsp oil 

1/2 tsp mustard seed 

1/2 tsp cumin seeds 

asafoetida 

1/2 tsp urad dal

1/2 tsp gram dal 

2 green chillies or dried chilles in yoghurt

curry leaves

coriander leaves

salt

1/2 cup fat milk  

1/2 cup pomegranate arils

Proceed :

Cook rice and keep aside. Make it soft by a ladle. Take a pan and heat the oil. Make the seasoning with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, urad dal, gram dal ,asafoetida and chillies. Add yoghurt and ,milk and salt. Add the seasoning and mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves. Nothing to beat it in hot summer !

Take a tip:

• Mash the rice while it is hot with a spoon..
• You can add green grapes to it.
• A few cashew pieces put in the seasoning gives a good taste to it.
• Curd should be added only when the rice has cooled down. You can add only milk initially.
• Curry leaves and coriander give good taste to it.
• Instead of green chilli, you can use sun dried chilllies, it taste good. 

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Curd Rice

5 from 7 votes

Curd Rice is a tasty, healthy and a comfort food. It is ideal to serve during summer.

Print Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course: light dinner, lunch

Cuisine: karnataka, south india

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seed
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp urad dal
• 1/2 tsp gram dal
• 2 green chillies or sun dried chillies
• curry leaves
• coriander leaves
• salt
• 1/2 cup fat milk

Equipment

• bowl, ladle, pressure cooker, small pan, serving spoon

Method

 

1. Cook rice and keep aside. Make it soft by a ladle. Take a pan and heat the oil. Make the seasoning with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, urad dal, gram dal ,asafoetida and chillies. )nce the rice cools, add yoghurt, milk and salt. Add the seasoning and mix well. Put the pomegranate arils Garnish with coriander leaves. Curd rice is ready to serve.

Notes

Make rice mushy while it is hot.
You can add green grapes to it.
A few cashew pieces put in the seasoning gives a good taste to it.
Curd should be added only when the rice has cooled down. You can add only milk initially.
Curry leaves and coriander give good taste to it.
Instead of green chilli, you can use curd chillies which are prepared and stored at home.

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