Khatta Batth
You'll need
Rice 1 1/2 cup, soaked
Vegetable oil 1 tsp
Milk 750ml, boiled
Curd 3 tsp
Black Pepper 1 tsp
Dry Ginger powder/Sonth 1 tsp
Mustard powder 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Cook the rice in its own water, or like you would rice with salt and a tsp of oil. When the rice is cool, you have to add 250ml of the milk into the cooked rice and a good tablespoon of yogurt as the starter. Let this set overnight. The balance milk goes into making the yoghurt for the next day. Add 1-2 tbsp of curd into the milk and let it aside in a warm place overnight. The next day, whisk the set rice and curd mix together with the freshly set curd and 1 tbsp of cracked black pepper and 1 tsp of dry ginger powder, also called Sonth, 2 tsp freshly ground mustard powder and salt to taste. Mix well and keep cold. Eat after 1/2 to 1 hour.
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