JatPat Curd Rice

 Curd rice is a popular South Indian dish. Curd rice is simple blend of curd (yogurt) with cooked rice tempered with different spices and nuts. Curd rice is also a comfort food and is usually served in south Indian thali meals. 

There are many variants for curd rice. At Nayaks kitchen we make a very simple variant of the traditional curd rice that is very easy to make.

Ingredients 

• 2 cups of cooked rice
• 2 cups of curd
• Salt to taste 
• Sun-dried Curd Chilly (these are easily available in Indian Stores)
• 2 tsp of Oil/ghee
• Mustard seeds

Method 

1. Coarsely chop the sun-dried curd chilly.
2. Heat little oil or ghee in a tempering pan, add mustard seeds and chopped curd chilly. 
3. Roast till the chilly turn crisp
4. Add the roasted mustard seeds and chilly to the cooked rice 
5. Add salt  and mix 
6. Serve with curd 

Note 

You can mix the curd and serve the rice or keep the curd separate and add the curd while eating.