Curd or Dahi is an inevitable item of our daily food and it is consumed in any form in the course of our food. This nourishing curd is a rich source of Calcium and Protein. It also boosts up immune power. It is easily digestible and has more of Vitamin B Complex.Here are some recipes from Smart Samayal Tips that can be made out of Curd...
- After boiling the milk bring it to room temperature and add a tea spoon of starter curd and mix well to get a good quality of thick curd in 6 to 8 hours. Buffalo milk gives a very thick cake like curd where as cow milk gives jelly like curd.
- During winter preheat the microwave oven for 3 minutes and keep the cultured milk in it and close the oven.
- Always remember the milk should neither be cold or hot but it should be warm to get good and thick curd.
- Dry roast 3 tea spoons of urad dal to golden color. Powder it finely. Mix it with a bowl of curd. Add required salt and finely chopped tomatoes and coriander leaves. Do the seasoning with mustard seeds and green chillies. Aromatic raitha is ready to eat.
- Mix a tea spoon of idli powder (Idli milagai podi) in a cup of curd and have it with dosa or adai to get a fantastic combination. It tastes very good for Upma varieties also
- Cut and remove the brown corners of the 10 bread slices. Sprinkle 2 tea spoons of water on the bread. Add finely chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, salt and mix them well and make like a dough. Round them in to small balls on a broad bowl. garnish with fresh curd and pepper powder for healthy evening snack for kids.
- Grind some coriander leaves, Mint leaves, green chillies and ginger with salt to paste.Mix them in a bowl of curd and serve as side dish for any Parathas or Idli or Dosa.
- Adding a cup of curd to whole wheat flour while making dough for Chapattis gives fluffy and soft Chappatis.
- If you don't have time to set the rava dosa batter or wheat flour dosa batter and want to make it instantly, just add 2 ladles of curd to the batter, mix well the batter and make dosas.
- Curd acts as the best agent of Marinating vegetables like Cauliflower, Taro root before frying.
- Make dosas by mixing a cup of curd to freshly ground dosa batter to get crispy and awesome dosas.
- Add half cup of curd while making Lady's finger shallow fry to get non-sticky fry.
- Add a cup of curd while making mint rice or Tomato rice to water and get extra flavoured and rich rice.
- When you make coconut Chutney and feel that it tastes too hot add 2 tea spoons of curd to balance the taste.
- Add a cup of blended curd to mashed potato with salt and garnish with pepper powder and cumin seed powder for Aloo raitha.
- A bowl of fresh chill curd with seasonal fruits is the healthy way to start the day with.
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