Telangana

Perugu saddi

Name: Perugu saddi
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Telangana
Ingredients: 1 cup sona masoori rice; Water, about 2 1/2 cups; 2 cups fresh and not too sour curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1/2 cup boiled and cooled milk; 2 finely chopped green chilli; 1 inch finely chopped ginger; Salt, to taste; 2 tsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp urad dal (split black gram); 1 tsp chana dal (split chickpeas); 1 broken dried red chilli; 1 sprig curry leaves; a pinch asafoetida; a small handful chopped coriander leaves (cilantro)

Curd rice, Telangana festival edition. Calm in a bowl, with a tadka that talks.

30 minTime

9 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

298kcal

9 gprotein

2 gfibre

30minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Rice1 cup sona masoori

Waterabout 2 1/2 cups

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)2 cups, fresh and not too sour

Milk½ cup, boiled and cooled

Green chilli2, finely chopped

Ginger2.5 cm, finely chopped

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Urad dal (split black gram)1 tsp

Chana dal (split chickpeas)1 tsp

Dried red chilli1, broken

Curry leaves1 sprig

Asafoetidaa pinch

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a small handful, chopped

Method

4 steps

1Cook the washed rice with the water until very soft. Mash it lightly while warm.
2Let the rice cool until just warm, then stir in the milk, curd and salt.
3Heat oil, add mustard and let it splutter, then urad dal, chana dal, red chilli, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves and asafoetida.
4Pour the tadka over the curd rice, add coriander and mix. Rest for 10 minutes before serving.

Serve it like this

Serve in a bowl or on a leaf, slightly loose, with a spoon of mango or lemon pickle on the side.

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