🌿 Curd Rice

Thayir Sadham — cooling, comforting, complete

Spice Level: 🌶️ (very mild)
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: — | Serves: 3
Calories (approx): 300 kcal per serving

🍛 One Pot, Thousand Stories

🌿 Introduction

Curd rice is calm in edible form — cooling, gentle, and deeply reassuring.
Often the last course of a meal, it soothes the body and settles the mind.

“Some meals feel like rest.”

Curd Rice

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📝 Ingredients

Main Base

  • 2 cups cooked rice (soft-cooked)

  • 1½ cups fresh thick yogurt (curd)

  • ¼ cup milk (optional, to adjust consistency)

  • Salt to taste (about ¾ tsp)

Tempering

  • 1½ tbsp oil

  • 1 tsp mustard seeds

  • 1 tsp urad dal

  • 1 green chili, finely chopped

  • 1 inch ginger, finely chopped

  • 10–12 curry leaves

  • ¼ tsp asafoetida (hing)

Optional Garnish

  • 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

🍽️ Instructions

  • Mash the Rice
    While rice is still warm, mash lightly until soft.

  • Add Curd
    Mix in yogurt, milk (if using), and salt until creamy.

  • Prepare Tempering
    Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, green chili, ginger, curry leaves, and hing. Fry until fragrant.

  • Finish
    Pour tempering over curd rice and mix gently. Garnish if desired.

🍷 Optional Serving Notes

Serve with mango pickle or lemon pickle

Best enjoyed fresh, at room temperature

Ideal for hot days or after spicy meals

💬 Soulful Note

Curd rice is often the first food offered to children and the last remembered from home —

steady, forgiving, and quietly nourishing.

📚 Cook’s Wisdom / FAQs

📚Cook's Wisdom:

  • Why mash rice warm?
    It blends better with curd.

  • Add milk to prevent souring if packing later.

  • Fresh curd matters — avoid sour yogurt.

📊 Nutrition (Per Serving — Approx.)

  • Calories 300

  • Protein 10g

  • Carbs 45g

  • Fat 8g

  • Fiber 2g

🍃🌶🍃 The Bottom Line

Curd rice is nourishment without noise — simple, steady, and complete.

🧡 Meet the Heart Behind the Spice

Maya Shetty – Stirred By Spice Author Photo

Hi, I’m Maya Shetty — cook, storyteller, and spice lover.

Through Stirred By Spice, I share recipes that warm both the kitchen and the heart — where simple ingredients and warm flavors turn everyday meals into moments of connection.

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