மோர் சாதம் போறுமே! - The pacifier - Yoghurt Rice!

Today has been kind of a tedious day. At the end of the day all I want to do is sit and calmly enjoy my meal and go to bed.

Nothing to beat Thayir satham if you are in a mood like this. However, Thayir satham can be as simple or as fanciful as you want.

Follow these steps for a SIMPLE to EXTRAVAGANT THAYIR SATHAM!

- Cook rice with a little bit more water than necessary. Add yoghurt, salt and mix.
- Add asafoetida and curry leaves.

- Add green chillies and ginger cut in reasonably big pieces.

- Take a small spoonful of oil, heat, pop mustard seeds and add.

- Previous step, add also cumin seeds, half a spoon of bengal gram, half a spoon of urad dal.

- Add cashew nuts. (now you are getting fancy).

- Add finely chopped cucumber, carrots.

- Add green and or black grapes, cut into eqaul size pieces.

- You can add a tinge or more of ghee if you prefer.

- You can add half milk, half yoghurt, if you are going to serve later or if the yoghurt is katta.

- Add a spoonful to a whopping laddle full of sour cream to make it taste really "good and really high in calories".

- Add butter - 2-3 spoons.

If you added all the ingredients upto the last step, you have the tastiest Thayir satham ever served. If you have the habit of offering it to God before eating, please do so. It will taste even better!.