Variety Rice – Curd Rice

Ingredients:

• Raw Rice 1 cup
• Milk half cup
• Curd 1 cup
• Asafetida – 2 pinch – fry in oil a small piece and crush to powder
• Green chilli – 2 no- thinly sliced
• Ginger 1 cm – thinly sliced
• Asafetida – 2 pinch-Fry in oil and crush a small piece
• Curry leaves 10 no
• Coriander leaves – thin slices – 2 Tsp
• Mustard seeds half tsp
• Urad dhal – 1 Tsp
• Cashew nuts 10 no – broken into two
• Dry grapes – 10 no
• Gingelly oil – 1 Tsp
• Salt to taste

Proceedure:

1. Wash rice, add 3.5 cups of water and pressure cook for 3 m/ whistles
   Pour the rice on a plate, add milk and crush well.
2. Heat 1 Tsp of gingelly oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and let it splutter in medium flame, add Urad dhal, cashew nut pieces and dry grapes, fry till it turns golden brown, add green chilli and ginger slices, broken curry leaves and add to cooked rice.
3. Add curd, salt to taste, coriander leaves, asafetida. Add additional salt, if needed.