Curd Rice

This is a very famous south Indian dish and very popular with the Tamilians. The satisfaction and happiness with which my friends explained it to me made me to try it out and i realized that this indeed is a very tasty and filling dish. Please try this absolutely yummy and healthy rice dish.

Ingredients

Rice1/2 cup, uncooked
Water1 1/2 cups or as required
Curd1 cup
Salt1 tsp
OIl1 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Asafoetida 1/4 tsp
Green chilies 1 piece finely chopped
Ginger 1/2 tsp paste
Urad dal 1 tbsp
Curry leaves 6 pieces

Instructions

Recipe To Boil Rice For Curd Rice
Rinse the rice thoroughly in water alteast 4-5 times. Soak the rice in water for 10 minutes.
Take the rice in a pan or kadhai and add 2-3 times water. Heat the pan and let water comes to boil once.
Cover the pan with lid and let the rice gets boiled for 5-7 minutes. Check the water level in occasionally and add water if required.
Check if rice is cooked properly by pressing few rice strands between fingers.
Once cooked, strain the excess water from rice using a strainer.
Take the boiled rice in a bigger bowl and add yogurt. Mix well.
Add finely chopped green chilies and coriander leaves. Combine well all the ingredients.
Recipe To Make Tempering for Curd Rice
Heat a tbsp of oil in a tadka pan or a small pan.
Once the oil is hot add dry red chili and sauté for few seconds.
Add cumins seeds and sauté until they turn brown.
Now add urad dal and let the dal turns golden in color.
Add few curry leaves  in oil and sauté for sometime.
Also add ginger paste and let the ginger gets cooked in oil for 20-30 seconds.
Tadka for curd rice is ready. Pour the tadka on curd rice and mix it well.
Curd rice is ready to serve. Serve the south indian curd rice with pickle or pappad.