East Indian

Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd)

Name: Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd)
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: East Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups thin poha (flattened rice); 2 cups plain curd (dahi); 3 tbsp, grated jaggery; 1 sliced banana; 2 tbsp roasted peanuts

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Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

8 min Easy Heart healthy Low sodium Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups thin poha (flattened rice)
2 cups plain curd (dahi)
3 tbsp, grated jaggery
1 sliced banana
2 tbsp roasted peanuts

How to cook it

Rinse the thin poha briefly in a sieve under running water, then drain it well and let it sit for a few minutes to soften.
Whisk the curd in a bowl until smooth.
Divide the softened poha among serving bowls and spoon the curd generously over each portion.
Sprinkle the grated jaggery over the top and add the sliced banana and roasted peanuts.
Serve right away while the poha is still soft, mixing everything together just before eating.

Watch how to cook Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd)

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Serve it with

A East Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

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- Coconut Chutney
  
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A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd) carries peanuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	Yes	Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 380 kcal
Protein: 11 g
Carbs: 59 g
Fat: 11 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 17 g
Sodium: 50 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Chuda Dahi (Flattened Rice with Curd) takes about 8 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.