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Curd Rice

Name: Curd Rice
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked rice; 1 cup yogurt (curd); 1 tsp mustard seeds; 10 leaves curry leaves; 1, chopped green chili; 1 tsp, grated ginger; a pinch asafoetida (hing); 2 tbsp, chopped coriander leaves; 1 tbsp mustard oil or ghee; to taste salt

Curd Rice is a comforting South Indian dish made by mixing cooked rice with yogurt and tempered spices. It is traditionally served as a cooling, soothing meal, especially during hot weather, and holds cultural significance as a staple in Tamil and other South Indian households.

10 ingredients

coolingtangyspicedcomfortingmild

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South Indian80%

Indigenous20%

Ingredients

cooked rice
1 cup
yogurt (curd)
1 cup
mustard seeds
1 tsp
curry leaves
10 leaves
green chili
1, chopped
ginger
1 tsp, grated
asafoetida (hing)
a pinch
coriander leaves
2 tbsp, chopped
mustard oil or ghee
1 tbsp
salt
to taste

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Curd Rice has roots in Tamil Nadu's agricultural society, where yogurt and rice were staple foods, combined historically to create a simple, nutritious dish that aids digestion and provides relief from heat.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

South Indian80%

ingredients+techniques

Indigenous20%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

boiling tempering mixing

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