Curd Rice

Ingredients
(serves 4)

• Boiled Rice 4 cups
• Yogurt 3 cups
• Milk 1/2 cups
• Water 1/2 cups (optional)
• Green chilies   2
• Ginger 2 inches piece
• Salt 1½tsp or to taste 

• Peanuts ¼ cups
• Mustard seeds 2 tsp
• Curry leaves 7-8
• Chopped coriander leaves 1 tbsp
• Ghee(clarified butter) 1 tbsp

1. Remove the stem, wash and finely chop the green chilies.
   
2. Peel off, wash and finely cut the ginger.
3. Mash the boiled rice a little. For this recipe, slightly overcooked rice will be ideal.
4. Beat the curd / yogurt, add in milk and mix well again.
5. Now add cooked and mashed rice in the curd and mix well. Add salt, ginger, and, green chilies and mix well again. Add water to adjust the required consistency. Leave for 10 minutes.

6. Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds. When seeds crackle, add curry leaves, fry for a few seconds and add peanuts. Fry peanuts on medium heat till they are dark red in color and a nice aroma comes out. Takes about 4 minutes. Turn off the heat.
   

7. Now pour the seasoning onto the curd rice. Curd rice is ready to serve.

Garnish the curd rice with chopped coriander leaves.

Serve with ginger pickle.

If you are making curd rice as a single meal this quantity is fine but if you are planning to make other dishes along with curd rice cut the recipe to half.

If you like spicy food add more chilies to your curd rice.

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