Curd Rice / Rice with yogurt and spices

Hello..

Hope you all are doing good.. I have been very busy lately with family functions and cousins and friends visiting. Though i made a good deal of dishes in my kitchen , i didnt get much time to capture those in my lenses and not even to regularly blog hop. After all those heavy loaded Veg and Non veg feasts, i made some curd rice, to soothe my tummy and of course my soul :) . This is such a comfort food for me , to fall back on , after all the hustles and bustles, something which makes my stomach giggle with delight. Sharmilee left me a message in my Inji curry post , saying this is a perfect combo with curd rice.usually we eat curd rice as it is , but i decide to give it a try, with the left over Inji curry from my ona sadya and it was awesome.Thanks dear!!

In Picture:- Curd rice and Inji curry

Ingredients:-

Rice - 2 cups

Yogurt - 2 cups

Salt to taste

For seasoning

Ginger crushed - 1 tsp

Green chiles chopped - 2

Dried red chiles - 2

Kaayam/ asafoetida - 1 pinch

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves

Butter/ghee/oil

In Picture:- Curd rice and Inji curry

Method

Cook 2 cups of rice by adding 5 cups of water till it is done.Make it a little gooey.Mash it if you want .

Beat yogurt with salt and combine it with rice and mix well. Set aside.

Heat butter in a pan and add Mustard seeds. 

when they pop up add channa dal, urad dal and cumin seeds  and fry it for a minute .

Add red and green chiles, ginger , curry leaves and fry it for a minute or two. 

Add kaayam/ asafoetida and remove from fire.

Pour this over the rice, mix it well and refrigerate at least 20 minutes before serving.

In Picture:- Curd rice and Inji curry

Cheers

Sarah