तडके वाले दही चावल तड़का । Curd Rice Tadka Recipe South Indian Style

Ingredients for curd rice

Rice (soaked) - 1 cup (200 gms)

Curd - 2 cups

Oil - 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds - ½ tsp

Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

Urad Dal - 1 tsp

Split chickpeas - 1 tsp

Dry red chilli - 2 to 3

Green chilli (chopped) - 2 to 3

Curry leaves - 10 to 15

Salt - 1 tsp

How to make curd rice

1- Take a cup of rice, clean it, wash it and soak in the water for 20 minutes.

2- After 20 minutes, remove the extra water from it and add in the pressure cooker.

3- Add the 2.5 cups of water to it and close lid of the cooker.

4- Cook rice until the first whistle blows.

5- After the first whistle has blown, turn the flame to low.

6- Cook it for more 2 minutes on low flame.

7- Switch off the flame after 2 minutes.

8- Wait until pressure from the cooker releases.

9- Open lid of the cooker after releasing its pressure.

10- Remove the cooked rice in a separate bowl and let it cool down.

11- After cooling down the rice, add 2 cups of fresh curd to it and mix them well.

12- Add a teaspoon of salt to it and stir to dissolve its lumps.

For the tempering

1- Preheat a tempering pan, add 2 tablespoons of oil in it and heat it.

2- Add a 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds, a 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds, a teaspoon of split Chickpeas followed by a teaspoon of Urad Dal in the heated oil.

3- Saute the ingredients until they become brown and in between of process, add 2 to 3 chopped green chillies to it.

4- Add 3 dry red chillies too and roast all the ingredients together.

5- After roasting them, add 10-12 curry leaves to it and saute them.

6- Switch off the flame and spread the tempering on curd rice.

7- The curd rice is ready to be served.