Special Curd Rice

Ingredients

• Rice - 1 cup
• Milk - 1/2 liter
• Fresh curd - 1 cup
• White butter - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 1 teaspoon
• Hing - 1/2 teaspoon

Tadka

• Oil - 2 tablespoons
• Mustard - 1 teaspoon
• Urad dhall - 1 1/2 teaspoons
• Curry leaves - handful
• Green chillies - 4 nos (slited ones)
• Preserved chillies / Milagai vatral / Moor milagai - 8 nos

Garnish

• Ghee - 2 tablespoons
• Cashew nuts - 15 no
• Coriander leaves - handful (finely chopped)

Method

• Cook rice with milk for 4 - 5 whistles in a pressure cooker. Mash the rice. Mix with salt and hing.Keep it aside for 10 - 15 minutes

• Add white butter to the rice and mix well
• Fry cashews in ghee till golden brown and keep it aside

• In a separate kadai heat oil and allow the mustard seeds to splutter in it. Then add rest of the ingredients given under "Tadka"

• Add it to the cooked rice and mix well. Leave it for sometime

• Add curd just 1/2 hour before serving

• While serving garnish with cashews and coriander leaves
• Yummy curd rice is ready. Serve it Mango Pickle/ Vatha Kuzhambu, Ulli Theeyal

Variations

• Can also garnish with grated mango,carrot,cucumber pieces
• Can also add dried grapes while tempering
• Can also garnish with fruits like pomegranate and grapes