millet curd rice recipe/ varagu arisi kodo millet thayir sadam
Ingredients
- Varagu /kodo millet - 1 cup
- Water - 33/12 cups
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 2 tsp
- Kadugu/mustard - 1 tsp
- Kadala paruppu/bengal gram dal - 1 tsp
- Urad dal/ulutham paruppu - 1/2 tsp
- Some curry leaves
- Broken red chillies -1-2
- Grated ginger - 1/4 tsp
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Boiled milk - 200ml
- Curd - for curdling
Instructions
- Wash and soak varagu for 10 minutes minimum then keep a cooker with 331/2 cups of water and let it boil.When it starts boiling add the drained rice and close the lid and pressure cook till done.Let the pressure subside till then make tadka by adding oil with mustard to splutter.Then add both dals to brown with little hing, grated ginger,redchillies and some curry leaves.Remove the lid mix well by mashing and adding salt.Now add the tadka ingredients and mix well.Add the milk mix well without lumps.When the mashed rice is luke warm add a bit of curd.Mixwell and the curd rice will be set in three hours.You can serve it chilled or as it is with pickle.
Notes
You can make this with any type of millets of your choice.
Mash the rice well when its hot without lumps.
You can even cook this millet using half milk and water.
Can add salt to rice while pressure cooking itself.
If you are eating it immediately you can add only curds and mix with little milk for consistency.
Mash the rice well when its hot without lumps.
You can even cook this millet using half milk and water.
Can add salt to rice while pressure cooking itself.
If you are eating it immediately you can add only curds and mix with little milk for consistency.