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Different people have different ways of preparing curd rice. I like this one the most. This is my aayi’s version. I used to run away from it when I was growing up. Now it is one of my comfort foods.

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked rice
5 tbl spns curd(yogurt)
4-5 green chilies
5-6 curry leaves
1/2 tea spn each of mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal
2 tbl spns oil or ghee
A pinch asafoetida
5-6 coriander leaves
Salt

Method:
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and urad dal. When they start popping, add curry leaves, asafoetida and chilies. Add salt. Remove from the flame and pour this on rice and mix well. Add curd. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serves : 3-4
Preparation time : 10min

This is one of my favorite Konkani dishes. My Aayi is an expert in preparing this. Since we add cumin seeds(jeera) and pepper(miryakan) to this, it is good for health. I used to eat a lot more when this dish was prepared. I love to pair this with some lemon pickle. A lot of garlic is added to this gravy to give that amazing aroma.

Ingredients:
1 cup fresh/frozen coconut
1 tea spn cumin seeds(jeera)
1 tea spn coriander seeds
6-7 peppercorns
3-4 red chillies
1/4 tea spn tamarind extract or 1-2 pieces of normal tamarind
1-2 tea spns finely chopped garlic
Oil
Salt

Method:
Heat oil and fry cumin, coriander seeds, pepper and red chillies. Grind with coconut, tamarind and salt. Heat the ground masala with sufficient water(to a consistency of sambar) for 10min. Heat oil in a pan. Add garlic, when they turn to brownish, add to the cooked masala. Serve with hot rice.

Serves : 3
Preparation time : 10mins

This is the simplest way of doing Urad dal dosa. Some people add one table spoon of chana dal for making the dosa very crisp and/or half tea spoon of fenugreek seeds to give a nice color to it.

Ingredients:
2 cups dosa rice (or any normal white rice)
1 cup urad dal
1 tbl spn chana dal (optional)
1/2 tea spn fenugreek seeds(methi) (optional)
Oil
Salt As per taste

Method:
Soak all the ingredients for 4-5Hours. Grind with salt. Leave the batter for 5-6hours. Make dosas.
Serve with bhaji or chutney.

Serves : 5
Preparation time : 20min