One best thing about blogging is that I am trying my hands into food that I have never had before! Just like this Thayir Saadam... I am told that it is something so frequently eaten in Tamil Nadu and I am still wondering why we do not have much easy one-pot meals as such, which makes lunch time so relaxing! I was terribly craving for this meal of rice, so referred to several blogs and came up with my medley. And what's more - I made it in Kerala style, with Palakkadan Matta rice! ;)
Thayir Saadam - Yogurt Rice
Serves 3
Ingredients:
1 cup matta rice
2.5 cup of water
A pinch of salt
1/2 cup warm milk
1 cup yogurt
1 carrot, finely chopped
1 cucumber, finely chopped
For tempering:
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 twigs curry leaves
1 tsp ginger paste
1 green chilli, chopped
Method:
Cook the rice, with water and salt till well cooked, so cooked that it becomes all mashed up. Mix well and mash up with a ladle. Add in the warm milk and mix well. Set aside to cool.
When cool, add in the yogurt, carrot and cucumber, and adjust the salt. Heat oil into a saucepan, splutter mustard seeds. Add in the remaining ingredients, saute for a couple of minutes. Put into the rice and mix well.