Curd Rice is very cooling to the body in the hot and sizzling summer. You can make the curd rice, (if you do it my way) the rice will not get sour by the lunch time. It will be just correct for you. You can make it and pack it as a lunch and take it for picnics and to the office.
You can add grated carrots, cucumber, mango, fresh grapes 9 green or purple but seedless ) etc. If you try this out once you will not leave it again. Best for the going on summer in India.
Ingredients needed for the Curd Rice:
1 cup Raw rice or boiled rice, whichever rice you use at home
2 green chillies, chopped, fine
1 small piece ginger chopped fine
Handful curry leaves chopped
2 tbsps cucumber
1 tsp grated mango chopped (optional)
2 tbsps seedless grapes chopped (optional )
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup fresh curds
salt to taste
To temper / season the Curd Rice
mustard-1/2 tsp
urad dal - 1/4 tsp
channa dal - 1/4 tsp
asafoetida - 1 pinch
How to prepare Curd Rice :
Cook rice very soft by adding 1 cup of water more than usual. Mash it when it is hot. Keep aside.
Heat oil ina kadaai. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal (kadala paruppu), When they are browned, add chopped ginger, green chillies and curry leaves and saute till they are fried. Add asafoetida and remove from fire.
Add the beaten curds and milk together. Add salt to taste.
Pour this mix over the rice and mix well. It'll look watery when you mix it but in a short while get thicker. Make it an hour or two before lunch. You can add chopped vegetables if you like . If it is not thin when you make it , you'll have to add either water or milk . Then it'll come to the dropping consistency.
Other Varieties Of Rice
Vegetable Rice with paneer
Neichoru / Ghee Rice
Cabbage Fried Rice
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