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
- Coarsely chop the sun-dried curd chilly.
- Heat little oil or ghee in a tempering pan, add mustard seeds and chopped curd chilly.
- Roast till the chilly turn crisp
- Add the roasted mustard seeds and chilly to the cooked rice
- Add salt and mix
- Serve with curd
Note
You can mix the curd and serve the rice or keep the curd separate and add the curd while eating.