Curd rice is a popular South Indian dish served with a South Indian meal or in a South Indian thali. It is made with cooked rice and curd/yogurt. Perfect and healthy summer food.

Curd Rice / Thayir Sadam

#FoodismSummerBonanza
By Akum Raj Jamir

Mar, 16th

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Servings
3 persons
Cook Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
13 - 15

Ingredients

  • ½ cup rice
  • 1 cup curd/yogurt
  • 1½ cup water
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 carrot finely grated
  • 1 cucumber chopped
  • Few coriander leaves chopped
  • For Tempering : 1 tablespoon oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 small green chilly chopped or as per taste
  • ½ inch ginger chopped
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • A small pinch of asafoetida

Instructions

  • Take a pressure cooker, add rice, salt and water and pressure cook for for 5-6 whistles. The rice must be more softer than the rice we cook regularly. Let the pressure release by itself.
  • Open and mash the rice. Keep aside and let it cool down completely.
  • For tempering, heat oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and let it crackle.
  • Add asafoetida, ginger, chillies and saute for few seconds and take off the heat. Keep aside.
  • When the rice is cool down completely, add the curd and and milk and mix well without any lumps. Preferably use hand.
  • Add chopped coriander leaves, grated carrot and chopped cucumber and mix well.
  • Pour the tempering, add salt if required, mix well and serve.

Notes/Tips

Milk is optional, you can use water instead but recommend using milk for enhanced taste. Green chilly can be adjusted as per taste or opt out if making for children