Curd rice (or) daddojanam

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Curd rice is a very popular south India dish and is truly a comfort food. It tastes great with pickle or chutney or dal's. Curd rice is also called as Dahi Chawal (Hindi), Thair Sadam (Tamil), Mosaranna (Kannada), Dahi Bhaath (Marathi) and Daddojanam (Telugu). It is most popular dish in south india.

In most of the homes of south India, it is standard to eat curd rice at the end of lunch or dinner that helps ease the effects of the notoriously spicy main dishes. They cannot do without at least a spoonful of curd rice at the end of each meal. 

The curd rice has enormous nutritional and health benefits. It helps improve the digestive system, strengthens the immune system, and helps to cope with stomach problems. It also helps to get strong bones and teeth as its calcium content is high. Coping with high level of cholesterol becomes easier with the help of curd.

Preparation time : 15 mins

Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Cooked rice : 2cups

(Generally rice : water= 1:2 but for this cook rice with i.e 1:3 = rice : water) 

Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp

Urad dal : 1/2 tsp

Jeera (or) Cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp

Green chili's : 3

Red chili's : 4

Ghee : 2 tsp

Curd (or) Yogurt : 2 cups

Fresh coriander leaves : 5 springs

Curry leaves : 10

Hing : pinch

Cashew nuts : 10

Ginger : 1" piece

Salt : to taste

Method :

Take a pan heat it.

Add mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, red chili saute them till urad dal gets nice color.

Add hing, minced ginger and cashew nuts.

Switch off the flame.

Add curry leaves.

Keep it aside to cool down a bit.

Now take a bowl, add rice, curd, chopped green chili, freshly chopped coriander leaves and salt.

(When i cooked rice, i cooked it in the old method(not using pressure cooker), that is boiling rice and water together so that we get 'Ganji', i mixed 1cup of ganji also in my curd rice and it tasted really really good)

Mix it well.

Add prepared seasoning and mix it once again.

Your curd rice is ready to eat.

In some areas curd rice is served with seasoning, some times grapes and seeds of fresh pomegranate are added to make appear appealing and enhance the taste. This can be topped with Boondi and served chilled or you can also include grated carrot. Some chopped onion, cucumber, kissmiss (dried grapes) can also be added to curd rice.To make delicious curd rice, use fresh natural curd (or) yogurt. You may also add some fresh cream or sour cream to it to make it truly yummy.

Enjoy your dish.

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