Simple curd rice - Thalichha Thayir Sadam

Simple curd rice - Thalichha Thayir Sadam

A perfect south Indian meal will never end up without this simple curd rice. Even whenever we have potluck with our friends, apart from whatever i make the job of making curd rice is usually assigned to me only. And i can happily say all the kids of my dear friends love my curd rice. I thought of posting this recipe of how to make curd rice for a long time but somehow it got postponed. So under the request of all my friends i am posting this thayir sadam recipe. 

Ingredients

Sona Masoori Rice/Raw rice	1 cup
Thayir/Yogurt/Curd	2 cup
Milk	½ cup
Butter [optional]	1 tsp
Salt	As needed
Grated carrot	2 tsp for garnishing
Cilantro	2 tsp finely chopped for garnishing

For Tempering

Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Cumin seeds	½ tsp
Bengal gram dal/Kadalai paruppu	1 tsp
Urad dal	1 tsp
Green chillies	3 finely chopped
Ginger	2 tsp finely chopped
Cashew nuts [optional]	8 -10
Raisins [optional]	8-10
Asafoetida/Hing	1 pinch
Curry leaves	6-8
Oil	2 tsp

Method

Wash rice really well, add 4 cups of water, salt and pressure cook for 4 whistles. After steam goes off, open the lid and mash the cooked rice really well with a big spoon or matthu.

Allow the rice to cool the add the curd/thayir, milk , butter and mix really well. Adjust the amount of salt at this stage. Since the rice is cooked with salt be careful in adding salt.