Curd Rice Recipe | South Indian Daddojanam | Yogurt Rice
Seasoned yogurt rice is a hearty, healthy and wonderfully refreshing meal. Daddojanam goes great with any Indian pickle. Learn how to prepare curd rice at home. It will be gone in a flash!
Servings: 3
Calories: 382kcal
Ingredients
- Cooked rice – 2 cups
- Fresh curd – 1 cup
- Salt – ½ tsp
- Milk – ½ cup
- Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, chopped
- Cucumber – 1/8th cup, grated
- Carrot – 1/8th cup, grated
- Pomegranate seeds – 1 ½ tbsp
Tempering:
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Urad dal – ½ tsp
- Chana dal – ½ tsp
- Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
- Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Ginger – ¼ tsp grated
- Cashew nuts – 4, halved
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Dry red chillies – 2-3
Instructions
- For Daddojanam recipe Andhra style, wash, peel and grate cucumber and carrot. Finely chop coriander leaves. Grate ginger. Cut and de-seed the pomegranate.
- Warm milk and keep aside.
- Take 2 cups soft cooked rice in a bowl.
- In another bowl, add salt to fresh yogurt and whisk well.
- Add the curd to the rice and mix well.
- Mix in grated cucumber, carrot and one tablespoon of pomegranate kernels. Add ¼ cup of milk and combine well.
- Heat oil in a frying pan. Fry cashewnuts and remove.
- Add Bengal gram, black gram, mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Once they start to sizzle, add dry red chilies and curry leaves. Sauté.
- Add grated ginger and hing and sauté for a minute. Turn off the gas and pour the tempering over the curd rice. Gently mix everything together.
- Garnish with chopped coriander, fried cashewnuts and ½ tbsp. of pomegranate seeds. Enjoy yogurt rice served warm or cold with lemon, mango or mixed vegetable pickle.
Notes
- If you are serving the curd rice immediately, there’s no need to add milk. But if you intend to serve it late, stir in ¼ cup of milk to prevent the curd from turning sour.
- If the dahi chawal consistency is very thick, mix in a little water or milk to get the desired consistency.
- Before adding curd to rice, you can add a tablespoon of butter to warm rice and mix well.
- You can add raw mango pieces to, seedless grapes, raisins, apple or pineapple pieces to curd rice.