Curd Rice Recipe | Simple Curd Rice | How to make Curd Rice
Curd rice is a South Indian dish made with fresh plain rice, yogurt, tempering and curry leaves. It is must have in every meal. We call it perugannam or doddojanam. It is also known thairsadam in Tamil.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rice
- 1 ltr Curd/Yogurt
- 2 Tbsp Ghee
- 1 Tbsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 Tbsp Bengal Gram/Chana Dal
- 1 Tbsp Black Gram/Urad Dal
- 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida/Hing
- 1/2 Tbsp Black Pepper Seeds Optional
- 5 Green chillies Finely Chopped
- 4" Long Ginger Finely Chopped
- 10 to 15 Curry Leaves
- Fistful of Coriander Leaves
- Salt to Taste
Instructions
- Pressure cook 1 cup rice with 2 and 1/4 cup of water for 4 to 5 whistles.
- Once the pressure cooker cooled, take the rice out and mash it with a ladle.
- Let the cooked rice be soft and mushy.
- Finely chop ginger and green chilles. and keep them aside.
- Heat a pan, add ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, bengal gram and black gram.
- Allow them fry, then add hing/asafoetida.
- Saute them well or till they turn golden brown.
- Add green chillies and ginger, saute them.
- Add curry leaves and coriander leaves also. Fry them well.
- Add this tadka to the above cooked and mashed rice.
- Combine it well, add salt and again mix it well.
- Add chilled curd to the rice and mix it well.
- Serve it with curd chilli or lemon pickle.
Notes
- Cook the rice soft and little mushy. This would give the dish creamy texture.
- Always use homemade curd, with it the dish will be tasty and also lasts for a day or two.
- Use chopped geen chillis and ginger.
- Make tadka in ghee only to get nice flavour to the dish.
- This will make the dish tastier and flavorful.