Special Rice

RNR Curd Rice with Cucumber

  • Serves 3
  • 15 minutes, plus separate rice cooking and cooling
RNR curd rice with cucumber and curry leaf tempering

Ingredients

  • 500 g Cooked MadeBetter RNR rice (Soft, freshly cooked and promptly cooled)
  • 350 g Plain curd (Refrigerated)
  • 80 ml Milk (Boiled then cooled, or pasteurised)
  • 120 g Cucumber (Finely chopped)
  • 8 g Ginger (Finely chopped)
  • 10 ml Cold-pressed oil
  • 2 g Mustard seeds
  • 4 g Urad dal
  • 2 g Curry leaves
  • 4 g Salt

Make it, step by step

  1. Cool cooked rice promptly in a clean shallow bowl, ideally within one hour. For advance preparation, refrigerate and use within 24 hours of cooking.
  2. Lightly mash 500 g cooled rice with milk. Fold in cold curd, cucumber and salt.
  3. Heat oil; crackle mustard, then toast urad dal until golden. Add ginger and curry leaves for 30 seconds.
  4. Cool tempering briefly, then fold into curd rice. Serve promptly or keep refrigerated.
Useful tips
  • Lightly mash the softened rice before adding curd; keep a little grain texture rather than turning it into a smooth paste.

Allergens: Milk from milk and curd.

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