Yogurt Rice
Yogurt rice or Indian curd rice is a healthy comfort food from South India. The dish is very easy to prepare and is easily digestible with the spicy edible tempering.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 4 cups of cooked white rice
- 1 3/4 cup yogurt
- 1.5 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp mustard seed
- 2 dry red chilli
- 1 green chilli chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- 4-6 curry leaves
- Salt to taste
- Chopped cilantro to garnish
Instructions
- Heat oil in a sauce pan.
- Crackle the mustard seeds.
- Then cut the dry red chilli into pieces and add it to hot oil. Stir for 10 seconds.
- Then add the chopped ginger and cook until slightly golden brown, stirring occasionally.
- Now add the green chilli and mix well. Now switch off the flame.
- Add the curry leaves and stir well.
- Remove from stove and keep aside.
- Now take the cooked white rice in a large bowl.
- Add the yogurt and salt into the rice and mix well. The rice must be cool while adding the yogurt to avoid the chances of curdling.
- Now add the tempering into the rice-yogurt mix.
- Mix well. Garnish with cilantro.
- Enjoy with your favorite pickle.
Notes
You can use any white rice like basmati rice, jasmine rice or ponni rice. I used basmati rice
Use a large bowl to mix everything together so that it will be easy to stir.
Also add yogurt only when the rice is cooled completely or the yogurt will look curdled.
Usually yogurt rice will be more like a yogurt-rice soup. Since I don't like it that way, I added a little less yogurt. If you like it in soup form, add 2 cups of yogurt instead.
The advantage of the the given recipe with less yogurt is you can microwave the yogurt rice for 10 seconds, right before serving without curdling the yogurt.
Use a large bowl to mix everything together so that it will be easy to stir.
Also add yogurt only when the rice is cooled completely or the yogurt will look curdled.
Usually yogurt rice will be more like a yogurt-rice soup. Since I don't like it that way, I added a little less yogurt. If you like it in soup form, add 2 cups of yogurt instead.
The advantage of the the given recipe with less yogurt is you can microwave the yogurt rice for 10 seconds, right before serving without curdling the yogurt.