Dahi Butti (Yogurt Rice)

This is a quickie which can be prepare with leftover white rice.... You can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner.... This is my entry for 'breakfast from leftovers' organized by Nandita (http://saffrontrail.blogspot.com)

Ingredients:

Rice 2 cups

Yogurt 1.5 cups

Milk 2tblspns

Curry Leaves 10-12

Red chillies 2-3

Onion 1 medium

Asafoetida a pinch

Salt to taste

Sugar 2-3 tspns

Oil 1tblsp

Mustard seeds 1/4 tspn

Jeera (cumin seeds) 1/2 tspn

Turmeric a pinch (optional)

Cilantro for garnishing

Recipe:

Loosen leftover rice from refrigerator. Add salt and sugar, mix. Spread cut onion and curry leaves on the rice.

For tadka: In a pan, over medium range, heat oil, add mustard seeds. After they splutter, add jeera, asafoetida and turmeric if desired*.

Then add red chillies, let them coat with the tadka for about a minute and remove pan from heat. Spread this tadka over rice and mix. Add yogurt and milk, mix well. Garnish with Cilantro.

*Note: If you like the end recipe to be white skip turmeric else add a pinch to give it a light yellow tinge