Sunday, November 29, 2009

Broccoli Curd Rice

Eventhough broccolis are quite healthy for our health, sometimes its kinda hard to feed picky eaters, its really a hard task for me to feed everyone at home where i just love anything with broccolis, i picked few fresh broccoli florets from chinese store this weekend, after making out some stir-fries, they were some left over florets which i thought of making out some creamy soup, finally those greeny broccoli florets turned as delicious and colourful greeny curd rice which everyone at home relished with some spicy potato masala...Simple and delicious rice prepared with finely chopped broccoli florets tempered with spices and sauted until they shrinks a bit, cooked for few seconds with water and added to whisked curd..Watelse we need na!! have a look at this delicious dish and try out dears u will definitely love this yummyilicious healthy rice..


1cup Broccoli florets (chopped finely)
1/4tsp Mustard seeds
1/4tsp Urad dal
1/4tsp Channa dal
3nos Dry red chillies
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
5nos Curry leaves
1/2tsp Ginger (chopped finely)
2cups Curd or yogurt (whisked)
Salt
Oil

Heat enough oil and fry the mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, dry red chillies, asafoetida powder, until they turns slightly brown, add immediately the slit opened green chillies, chopped ginger, curry leaves , fry until the curry leaves turns crispy, add now the finely chopped broccoli pieces, salt and saute for few minutes, springle few drops of water, put the flame in simmer and cook until the veggies get cooked a bit..add this tempered broccoli pieces to the whisked curd..mix everything well, add salt if needed..

Serve immediatley, enjoy with any spicy side dish!

23 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Nice way to eat broccoli..:), Curdrice looks yum.

SE said... Reply To This Comment

i guess this is the best way to eat broccoli..

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delish Priya..i lov brocoli and curd rice,sounds really good

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a healthy way to eat curd rice!

Tina said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and delicious......Nice idea dear.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy curd rice! The way you have chopped (tiny size) is attractive and tasty.

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

Oh wow!!! thats a gr8 recipe..Would be trying it soon..Yummy and healthy one..

Deepthi Shankar said... Reply To This Comment

wow this is very innovative

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

unique,only u can think of that priya...lovely idea and good to eat broccoli this way too..

Abhilash said... Reply To This Comment

curd rice..mmm... motherly taste.

I like curd rice with chammandi.
I hope this broccoli rice will also taste superb.

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Nice color of the rice...good idea..

Soma Pradhan said... Reply To This Comment

nice combinaton...very healthy indeed

gtyuk said... Reply To This Comment

the broccoli must be adding some crunchiness to the curd rice, right? sounds new and healthy!! Need a hot era ooorka to go with this :)

Pari Vasisht said... Reply To This Comment

Nice way to eat curds and broccoli.

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

ப்ரோக்கலி தயிர் சாதம் கலக்கல் ப்ரியா!!அசத்துறீங்க...

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Never ever thght of this combo Priya.Another way to eat the broccoli.

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and delicious one, nice idea Priya, looks yummy.

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome idea Priya...I can't wait to try this curd rice :)

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

i love broccoli..and I love curd rice..with the 2 best things ina combo..its going to be tasty

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Wow.. this is really a tasty dish. :) healthy & great combo with curd rice.

Pavithra Kodical said... Reply To This Comment

Wow!!! Curd rice using broccoli, sounds great.Will try this next time :)

Anu Nandu said... Reply To This Comment

Looks good Priya! Perfect way to sneak in brocolli to kids!

Mahimaa's kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

yummy yum. super po.