Why South Indian can’t live without Curd Rice?

[Chetan Parekh]

I have 2 Tamilian friends, a Mallu friend and a Kannada friend. All of them need Curd Rice at least once a day. If they don’t eat curd rice by any reason, they start missing it.

I am about to leave to try Curd Rice in dinner.


[ October 15, 2005: Message edited by: Chetan Parekh ]

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Curd Rice?

[Sadanand Murthy]

Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:
I have 2 Tamilian friends, a Mallu friend and a Kannada friend. All of them need Curd Rise at least once a day. If they don�t eat curd rise by any reason, they start missing it.

I am about to leave to try Curd Rise in dinner.

I am a South Indian and I don't care if the curd rises or not. If you are talking about curd rice, then I could come over.

[sunitha reghu]

Mallus are not much in to curd rice unless they are from Palaghat.

In fact I hate curd rice. May be your mallu friend got influenced by
Tamilian friends.

Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:
I have 2 Tamilian friends, a Mallu friend and a Kannada friend. All of them need Curd Rise at least once a day. If they don�t eat curd rise by any reason, they start missing it.

I am about to leave to try Curd Rise in dinner.

[Paul Bourdeaux]

There is a new restaurant opening up in my city boasting "Authentic Indian Cuisine." If they have Curd Rice, should I give it a try?

[Michael Ernest]

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Curd Rice?

Whew. Now that's a tapioca with edge!

[kayal cox]

Originally posted by Paul Bourdeaux:
There is a new restaurant opening up in my city boasting "Authentic Indian Cuisine." If they have Curd Rice, should I give it a try?

I distrust Indian restaurants in the US, because the food, 99 times out of 100 is Americanized.

But curd rice is easy enough to make, so maybe it won't be too messed up. And you should have it with pickles (not the vineger soaked stuff, but Indian pickles). I love curd rice, could go on and on about it...
[ October 14, 2005: Message edited by: kayal cox ]

[Arun Prasath]

I love curd rice. but not daily. I know some of my colleagues who take curd rice daily. It tastes well with pickle..

[Chetan Parekh]

Yesterday night I had Curd Rice in dinner and it was really nice experience. It is very easy to digest.

I guess Curd Rice is very much popular among Tamil.
[ October 15, 2005: Message edited by: Chetan Parekh ]

[Bhavna Jharbade]

Hi all!!!
After reading so much abt Curd-Rice my mouth has started watering.so i will have it tonight.
By the way i am not a South Indian but a Marathi...but still i luv it.

[Chetan Parekh]

Originally posted by Bhavna Jharbade:
Hi all!!!
After reading so much abt Curd-Rice my mouth has started watering.so i will have it tonight.

Are you in Mumbai? Can I join you?

[Sameer Jamal]

Condoleezza Rice will like that only she need is a curd

[Nila dhan]

Hi chetan,so much discussion about curd rice is going on.It is indeed a very good food to have especially during the afternoons.We used to have butter milk to withstand the heat here.

[Chetan Parekh]

Originally posted by Nila dhan:
Hi chetan,so much discussion about curd rice is going on.It is indeed a very good food to have especially during the afternoons.We used to have butter milk to withstand the heat here.

Yeah Nila, curd good at cool down the body heat and specially TN is very hot so people prefer more curd rice.

Even in North Gujarat, please use to have butter milk with food, which is very much helpful in the summer when temperature went upto 45.

[Bhavna Jharbade]

hi chetan
sure u can join me.... .but there is just one prob i an not in mumbai.but i am not so far also.I am in pune so u can join me if u can come down here.

[Chetan Parekh]

Originally posted by Bhavna Jharbade:
hi chetan
sure u can join me.... .but there is just one prob i an not in mumbai.but i am not so far also.I am in pune so u can join me if u can come down here.

Thanks Bhavna!

I will be joining you next weekend. I will send you confirmation email before I come down there.

Thanks again.

[Nanhesru Ningyake]

Canned yogurt isn't really authentic Curd... [minding drifting away to my village] there we used to prepare curds from fresh thick buffalo milk... heavenly! (PS. The milk was thick, not necessarily the buffalo.)

Hey CP, have fun with your Curd Rice Date next weekend
[ October 15, 2005: Message edited by: Nanhesru Ningyake ]

[shan Iyer]

Mallus are not much in to curd rice unless they are from Palaghat. In fact I hate curd rice. May be your mallu friend got influenced by Tamilian friends.

Sunitha,

I am from Palghat but NOT a Mallu; and Curd Rice-------I LOVE IT

Cant skip curd rice even for a single meal.

---Shankar---
[ October 16, 2005: Message edited by: shankar Iyer ]

[Sripathi Krishnamurthy]

am a south Indian and its true. At the end of the meal, curdrice is a must for most of the south indians.
[ October 16, 2005: Message edited by: Sripathi Krishnamurthy ]

[Ashok Mash]

Bland generalizations! I am South Indian, Mallu and from Palghat and NOT into Curd rice!

May be someone should start a thread just for generalisations - one at time, and no one should take it personally.

[Raghav Sam]

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Curd Rice?

Thats what is served in hotels. Home made curd rice is very simple. Just mix curd with white rice and eat with pickles, sambar, curry anything which is a bit spicy as the curd itself will be a bit sour.

Buttermilk is even better. It is obtained after the fat is removed and diluted with water. This is even better and helps digestion.

Curd rice/butter milk rice is part of the 4 course meal almost in every south indian household. But nowadays it is famous in N.India as well. It is even served in star hotels. Usuallly curd rice is the last of the S.Indian meal which is preceded by dal/curry rice, sambar rice, rasam rice usually in that order.

Perhaps the reason curd rice is liked very much is because after eating sambar, rasam which are very spicy and hot, curd provides a soothing effect. It also helps greatly in digestion. Above all like Idli (another Indian dish) it is harmless to the stomach.

It is simply yummy!!!
[ October 17, 2005: Message edited by: Raghav Sam ]

[sunitha reghu]

Shankar/Ashok,
I am taking my words back.


Ashok I thought you from central Tranvancore.

Originally posted by Ashok Mash:
Bland generalizations! I am South Indian, Mallu and from Palghat and NOT into Curd rice!

May be someone should start a thread just for generalisations - one at time, and no one should take it personally.

[Chetan Parekh]

Hey all please don�t fight for region.

After all color of curd for all region is same.

[sunitha reghu]

No one fighting here Chetan. They just saying I am incorrect !!!

[Badriprasad Bumbabol]

Anyone else here in the "I hate Curd Rice" group , except me? I had it once when I was in Bangalore and will never ever have it again. I know quite a few people who hate it,too. Its like Marmite, you either hate it or love it. Going by the response here, there are more lovers in the Java world than haters.

[Ashok Mash]

Originally posted by Sunitha Raghu:
Ashok I thought you from central Tranvancore.

Sheesh, what next? That I have two arms and black hair!? I am from Ottapalam to be precise!

[Manish Hatwalne]

I love curd rice, simple as well as the one with "ghee-jira ka tadka with stuffed red chillies" ...yum ..yum!!! Then I love "lassi" too and buttermilk is just too good!!! Anyone for 'mattha' here???

How do ppl survive outside India without these must-have's???

- Manish

[Ashok Mash]

Steaming hot authentic Italian Pizza from Pizzeria down the road (real stuff, as good as when I had in Livigno, Italy - well, almost) with plenty of hot/cold/soft/fizzy drinks goes down really well � especially when you are starving and its dark and desolate out there (winter rolling in)!

In fact, even though you would always miss the maamys� cooking and fancy the distinct quality and taste of homemade dishes and snacks, after a few months away from home, you would invariably start experimenting what�s around you, and I was quite surprised that I liked most of them, and some (Thai, some Japanese and most Indonesian dishes are to die for) I would even miss when I am back in India for any considerable period of time.

Of course, South Indian (Indian in general) food has set very high standards when it comes to our appetite, but all that spicy food also means that we have a very good tolerance to even the spiciest Mexican food or even that green Japanese stuff (wasabi?)

[kayal cox]

While curd rice in its most basic form is just soft rice with curds and salt, there are more richer versions of it that just leaves you wanting more

Here is one such recipe

[Arun Prasath]

In Coimbatore, they serve curd rice with carrots, grapes, and cashews added in it. That adds to the taste. Another flavour of curd rice.

[Arjunkumar Shastry]

Originally posted by Manish Hatwalne:

Anyone for 'mattha' here???

Mattha really tastes great.I enjoy these things provided there is a traditional 'good'(Drinking mattha in copper bowl) ambience.How about Buttermilk kadhi(butter milk+peas flour+ginger+some species)

[Amol Fuke]

Manish,

I am mattha supporter.I like it very much.

Guys,

Could anyone tell me any good south indian hotel/restaurant in pune where lunch/dinner is served in proper south indian style on banana leaves and all.
I love south indian food very much and I am marathi.

[Arjunkumar Shastry]

Originally posted by Amol Fuke:

I love south indian food very much and I am marathi.

There is no such thing as South Indian food. .When we talk about South Indian,it covers four states,Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka,Kerala and Tamilnadu.Every state offers variety of food ,quite different in tastes.Even in AP/Karnataka taste differs as these are quite big states in size.Sambar which you get in Vaishali Restaurant is diffrent than you will get in Chennai.Medu Wada in any Shiv/Ruchi/Shanti Sagar is probabally resembles to that from south karnataka.Anyway,last time I ate South Indian!!(Keralian) food was at stalls opposite to ChatuShringi mandir on junction of Senapati Bapat road.If you go to Mumbai,go to A.Rama Nayak besides Matunga(central) station.It offers Veg. Udupi(Southern coastal Karnataka to be specific) food.

[Chetan Parekh]

Originally posted by Amol Fuke:
Manish,

I am mattha supporter.I like it very much.

Guys,

Could anyone tell me any good south indian hotel/restaurant in pune where lunch/dinner is served in proper south indian style on banana leaves and all.
I love south indian food very much and I am marathi.

No idea about Pune, but in Mumbai you must try this.

You will never forget the exp

Modern Hindu Hotel
12 Apeejay Chmbs
12 Wallace St
Fort Mumbai-400001 Phone:
022-22072992.

[Amol Fuke]

I am looking for keralian food only.

Any udupi restaruant in pune?

[Reghu Ram Thanumalayan]

Originally posted by Arun Prasath:
In Coimbatore, they serve curd rice with carrots, grapes, and cashews added in it. That adds to the taste. Another flavour of curd rice.

Hey Arun, are you taking about the Annapoorna curd rice. Man i miss it very much.

[Manish Hatwalne]

Most restaurant on JM road are udipi resturants, and 60 to 70% of Pune restaurants taste the same.

If you really want to try some good south-indian food, try southern-spice (opposite Ruby Hall, behind BC or another branch in Kondhwa on NIBM road) or Riverview (Koregaon Park - Mundhwa road). Ulli Tiyyal with appam in southern-spice is just divine. Ask your south-indian friends, they usually find such places faster...

- Manish

[Sameer Jamal]

Originally posted by Manish Hatwalne:
I love curd rice, simple as well as the one with "ghee-jira ka tadka with stuffed red chillies" ...yum ..yum!!! Then I love "lassi" too and buttermilk is just too good!!! Anyone for 'mattha' here???

How do ppl survive outside India without these must-have's???

- Manish

In Delhi we can only get packaged Amul Mattha not the fresh one. I like mathha very much, we might try mattha rice
[ October 18, 2005: Message edited by: Sameer Jamal ]

[Arun Prasath]

Originally posted by Reghu Ram T:


Hey Arun, are you taking about the Annapoorna curd rice. Man i miss it very much.

Yes.. exactly. Annapoorna curd rice is yummy yummy. I too miss them very muchhhh

[Arun Prasath]

Originally posted by Sameer Jamal:


In Delhi we can only get packaged Amul Mattha not the fresh one. I like mathha very much, we might try mattha rice

[ October 18, 2005: Message edited by: Sameer Jamal ]

For good south Indian restaurants in Delhi, Andhra bhavan and Hotel Saravana bhavan in connaught place are the best place. We need to wait in queue to get inside these hotels.