Mosaranna (tempered yougrt rice)

A very soothing and tasty rice dish which will cool your stomach after a spicy meal. Very easy to make and tasty to eat. you can add a few vegetables and fruits to this dish, it makes the whole dish more flavourful. As you can see in the picture, I have added finely chopped cucumber, grated carrots, green seedless grapes. You can add pomegranate as well, the red ruby pearls of this fruit pop against the milky white background making it more enticing.The vegetables and fruits are optional, if you don't have them, don't bother. You can add any or all of them the recipe. It is a good combination with Bisi Bele Bhat or Puliogare. Make and enjoy.

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 5 minutes

Servings: upto 4

Ingredients:

1. Cooked rice - 2 cups

2. Plain yogurt - 3 to 4 cups

3. Carrots - 1/4 cup grated (optional)

4. Green seedless grapes - cut in to half vertically, 1/2 cup (optional)

5. Cucumber - 1/2 cup, finely chopped (optional)

6. Fresh/frozen coconut - 1/4 cup, (optional)

7. Onion - 1 small, finely chopped (optional)

8. Coriander - a handful, finely chopped

8. Salt - to taste

For tempering:

1. Oil - 1 tsp

2. Mustard Seeds- 1/2 tsp

3. Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp

4. Urad dal (split black gram) - 1/4 tsp

5. Chana dal (Split chickpeas) - 1/4 tsp

6. Asafoetida - 2 pinches

7. Curry Leaves - 1/2 string

8. Green chillies - 5 to 6 finely chopped or dry red chillies - 3 to 4 broken (alter according to your taste)

9. Ginger - 1/2  inch piece grated or 1/2 tsp paste

Method:

1. Add the processed vegetables to cooked and cooled rice. Use a big vessel to make it easy to mix in everything.

2. Make tempering by heating oil in a small pan or a small wok, add mustard seeds, let them splutter. Add cumin and let them splutter a bit (if you think tempering is burning, turn the stove off). Add urad and chana dals and roast them till they get red or slightly brown. keep sauteing so that they turn brown evenly. Add curry leaves and asafoetida and mix it in well. Add the ready tempering to rice.

3. Add salt and yogurt and mix well till all the ingredients combine well and it is ready to eat.

Tip:

1. If you want to eat this rice at a later time, do not add salt and yogurt. Add them 15 minutes before you are ready to eat.

2. If you are packing this to lunch or dinner, you will have to add some water or milk to eat it if it has gotten hard.

3. If you are adding coconut do not add onions and vice-verse. It spoils taste most of the times.

4. you can also add nuts like pistachio, cashew and almond to this. Just roast them in the tempering. Use about 1 tsp of broken nuts for this measurement. Use any or all of them if you wish.