Daddojanam / Curd Rice

Ingredients:

Milk                                                                       -              500 ml

Curd                                                                      -              1 tablespoon

Rice (cooked)                                                    -              3 cups

Red chillies                                                          -              3

Green chillies                                                     -              3 (chopped)

Black pepper corns                                          -              12

Kaju (optional)                                                  -              ( fried in ghee )

Ginger(peeled and finely chopped)         -              about 1 table spoon

Curry Leaves                                                      -              2-3 twigs of leaves

Turmeric powder (optional)                        -              1 teaspoon

Cumin seeds / Jeera                                       -              2 teaspoons

Black gram / Urud Daal                                  -              1 teaspoon

Ghee                                                                     -              2-3 tablespoons

Salt to taste

Method of Preparation :

Heat the milk and let them come down to room temperature. Now, just mix the curd in this milk and pour it over the cooked rice. Close the lid of the container and leave it over night or until the milk coagulates and forms curd. Once it is done, you can add salt and turmeric powder to this curd rice and mix it properly.

Now, take a tawa, heat the ghee, add ginger, curry leaves, red chillies, green chillies, black pepper corns, cumin seeds / jeera and black gram / urud daal. Fry them for a minute or two (or till done).

Add this to our curd rice mixture and the tasty tasty daddojanam is ready J.