Summer Delight - Chilled Cucumber Curd Rice

This dish suits well for summer, and kids would love it. Healthy and digest easily. you can also make this dish with left over rice.

Ingredients
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup fresh curd
2 tbsp milk ( Optional )
1/2 cup grated cucumber without seeds
1/2 cup grated carrots
some coriander leaves finely chopped (optional)
Salt to taste

For the tempering
2 tbsp oil, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 2 - 3 whole red chillies broken into pieces, little asafoetida (hing)

Preparation

1. Put the rice in a large bowl and mash well with hand or a potato masher till smooth
2. Add curd, milk, cucumber, carrot, coriander and salt and mix well. Keep aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let it crackle
4. Add red chillies , asafoetida and saute for a few seconds.
5. pour this tempering over the curd rice mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for atleast 1 hour.
6. Serve chilled.

Simple and easy one isn't ? :) Have fun.