Kovil thayir sadam recipe
Tamilnadu temple style curd rice recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Raw rice| sona masoori rice
- ¼ cup Milk you can use cold milk or boiled and cooled milk. Do no use hot milk
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup Curd | yogurt
- 2 tsp Oil
- ¼ tsp Ginger grated
- ¼ tsp Urad dal
- ¼ tsp Channa dal
- Asafoetida a pinch
- Salt to taste
- 1 Red chili
- Curry leaves few
Instructions
- Wash and soak the raw rice for 10 minutes. Soaking is optional.
- Cook the rice with 3/4 cup of water for 6-7 whistles in a pressure cooker.
- Mash the rice when it is hot with a back of a spoon. and allow this to cool in a wide bowl.
- When it is completely cool add the milk, salt and yogurt. Mix well with clean hands. You can very well do it with a ladle too but for even lump free mixing hands are highly recommended.
- Add few more spoon of milk or yogurt to adjust the taste and consistency.
- In a pan add the oil and add the mustard seeds,grated ginger, channa dal, urad dal, curry leaves and red chili.
- When the dal changes colour switch off the flame.
- Add this tadka to the curd rice and mix well.
- Serve chilled.
- If the rice turns hard after an hour so, add little milk and curd to this and adjust the salt just before serving.
Notes
Notes:
1. Always add milk and yogurt when the rice is completely cool. 2. Never use hot milk, always use milk either at room temperature or chilled milk. 3. Full cream milk gives a creamy texture to the curd rice. 4. You can add finely chopped coriander leaves to the oil while giving tadka. 5. Some pomegranate or grapes can be added to the rice, before serving. 6. Kovil thayir Sadam can be served as it is or with any pickle or thogayal.
1. Always add milk and yogurt when the rice is completely cool. 2. Never use hot milk, always use milk either at room temperature or chilled milk. 3. Full cream milk gives a creamy texture to the curd rice. 4. You can add finely chopped coriander leaves to the oil while giving tadka. 5. Some pomegranate or grapes can be added to the rice, before serving. 6. Kovil thayir Sadam can be served as it is or with any pickle or thogayal.
