Curd Rice

Curd rice is the best comfort food i know, and it actually works! In my college i was the only fraud mallu girl in my group of which majority were Tamilians. Courtesy to my lovely friends i learnt a beautiful language -Tamil. Gradually i started watching Tamil movies and also conversing in Tamil with them , which i knew was a laughter session for them. Nonetheless, i also got introduced to a lot of mouth watering veg dishes like curd rice, podi n many more :)

We used to hardly eat in our hostel mess and by lunch time you would find us at a nearby hotel which was second home to us for food! To all those good times and to all my friends .. this recipe is for you guys and the lovely moments we had together!

Curd Rice

Ingredients:

• 2 green chillies
• handfull of coriander leaves
• 1 cup boiled rice
• 2 cup curd
• handfull pomegranate seeds

For tempering:

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 pinch hing / Asafoetida
• 1/2 tbsp mustard oil
• 1/2 cumins seeds
• 2 tbsp urad dal
• Curry leaves - handfull
• cashew nuts - 3 - 4

Method:

• Boil rice and cool it
• To this add curd , green chillies, salt and coriander leaves and mix well
• Now for tempering, take a pan heat oil and then add mustard seeds, when they splutter and hing, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• At this stage remove the pan from gas and add this tempering to the rice and curd mixture prepared earlier.
• Now add cashew nuts and pomegranate seeds and mix well
• Serve with pickle.

Enjoy!

Lemon Rice

Fancy a makeover for plain boring rice?? then this is the right recipe!!Another south Indian dish and one of my favorites! Back in my childhood when ever we go for any picnics where the kind of food available is uncertain mummy used to prepare this and carry it along for the journey ahead. It goes well with both veg and non veg side dishes.

Ingredients:

• Lemon juice
• 1 cup basmati rice - boiled
• 2 Green chillies
• 1 tbsp mustard seeeds
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 3 tbsp chana dal
• 3 tbsp urad dal
• 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
• handfull of nuts - peanuts or cashewnuts
• handfull of curry leaves
• 3 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Boil the rice and keep aside to cool
• Heat oil in a pan to this add mustard seeds and when they spultter add the chana dal, urad dal, green chilli , finely chopped ginger , curry leaves , nuts and saute well for 3-4 mins on medium flame
• To this add turmeric powder and salt required
• At this stage mix in the rice and lemon juice and stir gently, without breaking the rice
• Adjust the lemon flavour according to the tanginess you need.

Lemon rice ready !

Enjoy !