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Curd Rice Recipe | Thayir Sadham Recipe | Daddojanam recipe

Curd rice Recipe, also known as thayir sadham or yogurt rice is rice mixed with plain homemade yogurt and tempered with whole spices, ginger, chillies and curry leaves. It is also known as Perugu Annam or Daddojanam in other parts of India. Curd rice makes a perfect lunch option specially during hot summer days. It is more healthier if you make my millet curd rice, quinoa curd rice. Learn how to make the best curd rice with step by step pictures, video and variations.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 244kcal

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker or Cooking Pot
  • Tadka Pan or Any Small Pan

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rice
  • ½ cup Homemade Curd
  • 2 - 3 cups Milk
  • 1 cup Cucumber grated
  • ½ cup Carrot grated
  • 2 no Green Chilli chopped finely
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves finely chopped
  • 4 cups Water

Tempering Ingredients for Curd Rice

  • 2 tbsp Oil or Ghee
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 2 tsp Split Urad Dal
  • ¼ tsp Asafoetida
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • 1 tbsp Ginger peeled & finely chopped

Instructions

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

    • 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

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 68mg | Potassium: 295mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1997IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 174mg | Iron: 1mg
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