Perugannam (Curd Rice)

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Water - 3 + 1/4 cups

Curd - 1 cup

Green chillies - 4

Ginger - half inch

Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Curry leaves - 1 leaflet

Cashews - 6

Coriander leaves - 3 tbsp

Salt - as per taste.

Procedure:

1. Wash, boil rice with 3 cups of water and set aside.
2. Churn curd with 1/4 cup water, add salt and mix well.
3. Finely chop ginger, green chillies and cashews.
4. Take a small pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and stir well.
5. Add the seasoning to the curd and stir well.
6. Mash the boiled rice with hand, add curd mixture and mix well.
7. Finally garnish the curd rice with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve with lemon pickle.  

TIP: Generally rice is cooked with double the quantity of water. But in case of this dish, the rice is cooked with triple the quantity. Then the cooked rice will be very soft and absorb the curd well.