Yogurt Rice or Curd Rice as it's known in India, is the easiest dish to
make, and makes any festive meal even more delicious. In South India,
no meal is
complete without plain yogurt and rice; and on special occasions,
vegetables
are added to give it a special touch.
Made with plain yogurt, yogurt rice makes a healthy, cool, one-dish
meal
for a
hot, summer afternoon. Make this without the vegetables and eat it with
just a little seasoning if you want to soothe an upset stomach.
Servings:6 Cooking Time: 30
minutes (including time for cooking rice)
Ingredients
2 cups rice (jasmine or any other rice; sticky rice
is fine,too)
2 cups plain yogurt, regular, nonfat, or lowfat
1 cup water
1/4 cup cucumber, finely chopped (or chopped onion,
tomato, or grated
carrot- optional)
Heat oil in a small pan and add the chana
dal, urad dal, and fry for a few seconds.
Add mustard seeds, green chillies, red
chilli, and ginger.
When the mustard seeds start to pop, add curry
leaves. Let the seasoning cool.
Mix the rice with chopped cucumber, yogurt, water,
and salt.
Add the seasoning to the yogurt rice. Mix well.
Garnish with cilantro, and serve.
Cooking Tip
The vegetables are optional. Yogurt rice tastes great with the
seasoning alone.
If you want to take this dish for picnics or trips, and will not be
serving it within 4 hours, instead of 2 cups of yogurt, add 1 cup
yogurt and 1 cup milk. This will prevent the yogurt from becoming sour.
You can do the same if making ahead for parties, and don't want to
refrigerate it.
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