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    Curd Rice Recipe

    January 12, 2023 By Aarthi 41 Comments

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    Curd rice Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Thayir Sadam or yogurt rice is rice mixed with plain yogurt and seasoned.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    1. About Curd Rice Recipe
    2. Video for Curd Rice Recipe
    3. Curd Rice Recipe | Thayir Sadham Recipe | Daddojanam recipe
    4. Version 2: Thayir Sadam Recipe
    5. Tips & Tricks
    6. Frequently Asked Questions
    7. Serving Curd Rice

    Curd Rice | Thayir Sadam Recipe

    In this post there are variety of rice variations you could make. It is also known as Perugu Annam or Daddojanam. Curd rice makes a perfect lunch option too.

    Theyir Sadam or Curd rice is one of my favourite, it has natural cooling properties in this which is perfect for hot summer days. This recipe is one step further because it has as much cucumber and carrots like rice. So it is much more cooling and more tasty.

    About Curd Rice Recipe

    Curd Rice is a comforting rice dish which you can make in just few minutes. It is simple satisfying and very tasty too. It can be had on hot summer days and on days when you don't feel like having anything.

    Highly nutritious and yogurt is rich in probiotics which is actually good for your guts. This is good for digestion and feels light on tummy.

    Cooking rice is a little tricky when making curd rice. The rice have to be very soft and mushy. So i follow few steps when cooking rice. I have two variation of curd rice here. A fruity curd rice and a plain simple curd rice. Perfect side dish for this curd rice is pickles, but you can even have it with any poriyal.

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    What is Curd Rice?

    Homemade Yogurt or Curd is required to make perfect curd rice.

    Curd rice is my favorite food. If I don’t like eating anything spicy or if I didn't find that days lunch appetizing. Then the first thing which I do is take some rice add some curd, may be sprinkle with some salt and have it..I love this a lot and some how this was my comfort food. Curd rice taste best with mango pickle, but my favorite is with garlic and tomato pickle..Wow I love that combo a lot..You can have curd rice with pakoda or bhajji as well. It taste great. The secret of making a perfect curd rice is you should cook the rice till it completely mushy, the one thing which you don't want to do while eating curd rice is to chew. Hence it is comforting. This recipe is great for a hot summer day, it cools you instantly.

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    Curd Rice Recipe | Thayir Sadham Recipe | Daddojanam recipe

    Curd rice Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Thayir Sadham or yogurt rice is rice mixed with plain yogurt and seasoned. In this post there are variety of rice variations you could make. It is also known as Perugu Annam or Daddojanam. Curd rice makes a perfect lunch option too.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Main, Main Course, Main Dish
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 188 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup Rice
    • 1 cup Homemade Curd
    • 2 cups Milk
    • 1 Cucumber grated
    • 1 Carrot grated
    • 2 Green Chilli chopped finely
    • Salt to taste
    • Coriander Leaves a handful finely chopped
    • 4 cups water

    Seasoning Ingredients for Curd Rice Recipe

    • 1 tsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
    • 2 tsp Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu
    • ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
    • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
    • 1 tbsp Ginger finely chopped

    Instructions
     

    Step 1:

    • Take rice in a pressure cooker, add in 4 cups of water, cook it for 5 whistle. Simmer for 5 mins and turn off the stove, let the pressure go all by itself. Open the cooker and mash it up with a spoon. Let the rice get to room temp.

    Step 2:

    • Now add in salt, curd and milk to the rice and mix well. Add in cucumber, carrot and green chilli and mix well.

    Step 3:

    • Now make tempering by heating oil and crackling all the spices and ginger. Let them get golden. Pour this over the rice and mix well. Add in coriander leaves and mix well. Put it in the fridge for 1 hour. Serve with pickle.

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    Notes

    Tips & Tricks

    Cooling rice

    Once you have cooked the rice. cool it completely before proceeding. You should never add curd to hot rice.
    The key to make a tasty and kids friendly curd rice or yogurt rice is to add less yogurt and more milk which makes it more tasty.

    Packing rice

    If you are packing it for lunch. Then add very little yogurt to rice along with milk. Because as the rice sits for few hours it gets sour.

    More Tips

    • Don't add sour curd in this because it make everything so sour.
    • If you are taking this for lunch, add more milk so that it wont get so sour while eating. (This curd rice will get sour as it stand for hours)
    • If the curd rice gets thick while eating, you can add more milk.
    • You could add any fruits if you like and even skip the fruits.

    Serving Curd Rice

    Perfect side dish for this curd rice is pickles, but you can even have it with any poriyal.
    You can have curd rice with pakoda or bhajji as well. It taste great.
    1. Tomato pickle
    2. Garlic pickle
    3. Lemon Pickle
    4. Green Chilli Pickle
    Nutrition Facts
    Curd Rice Recipe | Thayir Sadham Recipe | Daddojanam recipe
    Amount Per Serving (1 servings)
    Calories 188 Calories from Fat 36
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 4g6%
    Saturated Fat 2g13%
    Trans Fat 0.003g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
    Monounsaturated Fat 1g
    Cholesterol 10mg3%
    Sodium 99mg4%
    Potassium 263mg8%
    Carbohydrates 33g11%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 6g7%
    Protein 6g12%
    Vitamin A 1879IU38%
    Vitamin C 11mg13%
    Calcium 126mg13%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Curd Rice Recipe with Step by Step Pictures

     
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    Take all your ingredients
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    I grated both cucumber and carrot
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    Rice has to cooked till it is mushy..
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    Mash it slightly
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    Add salt
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    Add in curd
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    some milk
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    mix it up
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    Add in cucumber, carrot and chillies
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    mix it up
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    Now lets make the tempering..Heat oil
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    Add in all tempering spices
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    Let them fry
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    Add in chopped ginger
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    let them sizzle
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    Pour it over the curd rice
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    mix well
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    add in coriander leaves
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    mix well
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    serve

     

    Version 2: Thayir Sadam Recipe

     
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    INGREDIENTS

    • 1 cup Rice
    • 4 cup Water
    • 2 cup Milk
    • 4 tbsp Curd
    • Salt to taste
    • Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
    • For Seasoning:
    • 1 tbsp Oil or Ghee
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
    • 1 tsp Urad Dal / Ulundu paruppu
    • ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
    • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
    • 1 tbsp Ginger grated
    • 1 Green Chilli chopped finely

    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Take rice in a pressure cooker and add water to it. Cook it for 4 to 5 whistle. Simmer for 10 mins.  Switch off the heat and let the pressure go all by itself. Open and mash it up.
    • Now add salt to it and mix well.Add in yogurt and milk and mix well.
    • Now make tempering. Heat oil in a frying pan heat it up. Add in mustard ,urad dal and asafoetida. Fry it for 30 sec.
    • Add in ginger, green chilli and curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds or so.
    • Pour this over the rice and mix well. Add coriander leaves and mix well.
    • Serve with pickle.

    Thayir Sadam Recipe Step by Step Pictures

     
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    Wash rice really well
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    Add water
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    cook till done
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    mash it roughly
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    now it is done
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    salt
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    and some yogurt or curd
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    add in milk
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    mix well and keep adding more milk..as the rice cools the rice will get thick, so add milk accordingly

    Making of Thayir Sadam Recipe

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    take ingredients for tempering
     
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    heat oil or ghee in a pan..add in mustard seeds
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    add in urad dal
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    asafoetida
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    add in grated ginger
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    add in curry leaves
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    you can add some chopped green chillies
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    let this sizzle
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    pour this in
     
     
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    add in coriander leaves
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    mix well
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    Serve
     

    Tips & Tricks

    Cooling rice

    Once you have cooked the rice. cool it completely before proceeding. You should never add curd to hot rice.

    The key to make a tasty and kids friendly curd rice or yogurt rice is to add less yogurt and more milk which makes it more tasty.

    Packing rice

    If you are packing it for lunch. Then add very little yogurt to rice along with milk. Because as the rice sits for few hours it gets sour.

    More Tips

    • Don't add sour curd in this because it make everything so sour.
    • If you are taking this for lunch, add more milk so that it wont get so sour while eating. (This curd rice will get sour as it stand for hours)
    • If the curd rice gets thick while eating, you can add more milk.
    • You could add any fruits if you like and even skip the fruits.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    How to cook rice for curd rice?

    • Take 1 cup rice in a pressure cooker, wash it well. 
    • Add in 4 to 5 cups of water. Cover the pressure cooker.
    • Cook for 4 to 5 whistle.
    • Turn off the heat and let the pressure release by itself.
    • Open the pressure cooker and mash the rice really well.

    Serving Curd Rice

    Perfect side dish for this curd rice is pickles, but you can even have it with any poriyal.

    You can have curd rice with pakoda or bhajji as well. It taste great.

    1. Tomato pickle
    2. Garlic pickle
    3. Lemon Pickle
    4. Green Chilli Pickle

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Comments

    1. Kim

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      I never ate something like this. I can't say I,m not curious to taste it. Have a nice day!

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    2. Gayathri Anand

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      mmmmmm Yummy would love to have it with maavadu ...ur tempting me a lot ..loved all the rice recipes u have posted in past one week

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    3. Stefania

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      What a beautiful rice in colors and perfumes. many compliments

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    4. vaishali sabnani

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      milk to curd rice is something I learnt from a friend..just yesterday..adding fruits is new to me.

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    5. Nisa Homey

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      Yummy sadam...perfect for the weather.

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    6. Hema

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      Always nice to end a meal with this one, looks lovely..

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    7. Pari

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      An all time favorite. Simply nice.

      FOODELICIOUS

      MARCH EVENT, ‘ONLY’- SOUTH INDIAN & GIVEAWAYS

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    8. faseela

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      wow...different way of preperation....

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    9. Tina

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      Creamy rice, juicy grapes and a kick of spices-sounds like a tasty blend. Well done and great pictures!

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    10. Tina

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      Creamy rice, juicy grapes and a kick of spices-sounds like a tasty blend. Well done and great pictures!

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    11. chitraj.hegde

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      wow my all time fav too.....adding carrot sounds interesting...i need to try this out next time..looking yummy curd rice

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    12. Chandrani

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      Very yummy and healthy card rice.

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    13. maha

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      so simple n easy but tasty too.....loved add`g of grapes..

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    14. Poonam Borkar

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      simply delicious!!
      Kande Pohe

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    15. Chef Mireille

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      never had curd rice...will have to try this one!

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    16. Suja Manoj

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      Tasty and filling,love it.

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    17. DivyaGCP

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      Its my all time favourite dish..Lovely presentation.

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    18. Rasi

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      Indeed a comfort food.. love the addition of grapes 🙂

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    19. Pacheco Patty

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      Such a wonderful rice dish, thank you for sharing the preparation in such detail!

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    20. Kanan

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      your curd rice look perfect.

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    21. Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi

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      comforting curd rice!!

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    22. sangee vijay

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      this is my all time comfort food...looks delicious, love the addition of grapes...

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    23. Jennifurla

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      I've never had anything like this before, gorgeous color

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    24. Smitha

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      i love to end my dinner with this!..yum!

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    25. Claire Davis

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      Enjoyed learning how to make this, it looks really good.

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    26. Amina Khaleel

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      truly... thayir sadam is a perfect comfort food... looks fantastic...

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    27. Gayathri NG

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      Looks so creamy and yummy curd rice...

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    28. Mélange

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      Extremely tempting dear..I love curd rice.

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    29. Chitra

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      looks lovely. my hubby likes this way. rice should not be seen . u made it perfect 🙂

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    30. zareena

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      Yummy curd rice. This is my favorite too..

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    31. Sharmilee! :)

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      Wow looks so tempting...perfect for summer

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    32. Srivalli

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      Glad you could join us Aarthi..

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    33. jeyashrisuresh

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      i can't end my meal without this. even i love to add grapes.

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    34. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

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      even i love curd rice, its so cooling to the palate

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    35. The Pumpkin Farm

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      u just reconfirmed my way of making this rice, being a maharashtrian, i always had my doubts abt how to make it though i make it often..also tried ur pav bun recipes...came out wonderfully, have a query though, how to make the top nice and brown colored like urs?

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    36. Preeti Garg

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      yummy......Awesome....

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    37. Vardhini

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      Comfort in a bowl Aarthi.

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    38. Sensible Vegetarian

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      Yummy looking comfort food, simply love it.

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    39. Aarthi

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      @The Pumpkin FarmThanks for trying out pav buns..I just baked it in my otg oven and i din do anything special..You could try to brush it with a little beated egg or cream or milk and bake it..so that you will get that brown colour

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    40. PJ

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      I love this curd rice and can have it any time of the day..Looks yum...

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    41. Archana

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      love this anyday.

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