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Easy South Indian Curd Rice Recipe

The document provides a recipe for making curd rice, detailing the ingredients needed for the dish, including rice, curd, and various vegetables. It outlines the preparation steps, including cooking the rice, mixing it with curd and vegetables, and tempering with spices. The final dish can be garnished with pomegranate seeds for added flavor.

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Easy South Indian Curd Rice Recipe

The document provides a recipe for making curd rice, detailing the ingredients needed for the dish, including rice, curd, and various vegetables. It outlines the preparation steps, including cooking the rice, mixing it with curd and vegetables, and tempering with spices. The final dish can be garnished with pomegranate seeds for added flavor.

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CURD RICE

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )


 ½ cup rice
 1½ cup water
 1 to 1½ cup curd or dahi or yogurt (or more)
 ¼ cup milk (optional)
 salt as needed
Veggies for curd rice
 2 tbsp carrot grated
 2 tbsp cucumber or bottle gourd, grated
 1 tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Ingredients for tempering curd rice
 1 tsp oil
 ½ tsp cumin or jeera
 ½ tsp mustard
 ¾ to 1 tsp chana dal (optional)
 ¾ to 1 tsp urad dal or minapa pappu (optional)
 1 red chilli broken
 1 sprig curry leaves
 1 pinch hing or asafoetida
 ½ tsp ginger minced or crushed
 1 green slit or chopped (optional)
 6 to 8 cashews split or chopped (optional)
Preparation

1. Add rice to a bowl and rinse it well a few times. Then pour 1½
cups water and salt. Keep it in a pressure cooker. Pressure cook
rice for 3 whistles until soft. You can also cook the rice directly in
the cooker for 2 whistles.
2. When the pressure releases, remove the rice & mash it lightly. You
can also fluff up & use if you do not like mushy rice.
3. If using milk, add it as well and stir. Milk can be skipped if curd is
fresh and the curd rice is going to be served within an hour.
4. Cool it completely.
5. Add curd to cooled rice. Mix well until combined. If you have
cooked the rice without salt, then add it now.
6. Add coriander leaves, grated carrots and cucumbers to the curd
rice. Taste the curd rice & add more salt if needed.

How to make curd rice

1. Heat oil in a pan. Then add cumin & mustard. When they begin to
splutter, add red chilli, chana dal, urad dal & cashews if using. Fry
until the dal turns golden.
2. Add ginger, green chili and curry leaves.
3. When the curry leaves turn crisp, add hing and turn off the stove. If
using bottle gourd, add it to the hot seasoning and stir.
4. Pour the tempering to the curd rice and mix. South Indian style
curd rice is ready.
5. Garnish with pomegranate seeds.

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