padma lakshmi s yogurt rice
Quick & Easy
Padma Lakshmi s Yogurt Rice
There is comfort in knowing that as long as you keep yogurt, rice, and spices on hand, you can always feed yourself and your family dinner. The recipe is pictured here with Padma Lakshmi's Green Mango Curry. If you don't have the spices on hand, try a local spice shop or Indian grocery, or order them from Kalustyan’s, a beloved New York institution and one of author & Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi’s favorite stores), but it’s also okay to work with what you have. If you can't find urad dal, an Indian white gram lentil, for example, Lakshmi recommends frying cashews for a similar nutty crunch.
Ingredients
- 5 cups cooked basmati rice
- 4 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
- 2 cups peeled and diced english cucumbers (in spring or summer), or 2 cups fresh pomegranate seeds (in fall or winter)
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 tablespoons white gram lentils (urad dal, found at indian grocery stores,or chopped cashews are a good substitute)
- 2 teaspoons black mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida powder (found at indian grocery stores)
- 1 to 2 medium green chiles (preferably serrano) with seeds, diced, or more to taste
- 12 medium curry leaves, torn into small pieces
- cilantro leaves or fresh curry leaves for garnish (optional)
- to serve, mango or lime pickle or padma's fresh green mango curry (as pictured and linked in the note
Directions
- 5 cups cooked Basmati rice
- 4 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
- 2 cups peeled and diced English cucumbers (in spring or summer), or 2 cups fresh pomegranate seeds (in fall or winter)
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 tablespoons white gram lentils (urad dal, found at Indian grocery stores,or chopped cashews are a good substitute)
- 2 teaspoons black mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida powder (found at Indian grocery stores)
- 1 to 2 medium green chiles (preferably serrano) with seeds, diced, or more to taste
- 12 medium curry leaves, torn into small pieces
- Cilantro leaves or fresh curry leaves for garnish (optional)
- To serve, mango or lime pickle or Padma's fresh green mango curry (as pictured and linked in the note above)
