Makar Sankranti - Recipe Of Curd Rice

If you want to break away from the spice of Indian curries and cool that palate yet delight it, then curd rice is your only choice. A simple mixture of rice and curds and the dish is ready to be served, one that will cool your tummy even on rough days.

Ingredients:

3 cups Plain Curd
6 cups Uncooked Rice
1 twig Curry Leaf (Kadipatta)
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
2 tsp Coriander Leaves (chopped)
2-3 Dry Red Chilies
2 tbsp Cooking Oil
Salt to taste

Method

* Wash rice, put it in a pressure cooker and cook it till done.

* Take a small pan and put some oil into it. Heat the oil.

* When the oil becomes hot, put mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry red chilies into it. Cook till the chilies are almost black.

* While stirring, add curd and salt to it.

* Now, add the cooked rice to the curd mixture and mix them well.
Garnish the rice with coriander leaves.

* Curd Rice is ready to serve.