North Indian

Plain Curd (Dahi)

Name: Plain Curd (Dahi)
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: North Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups plain whole milk curd; 1 pinch salt

Sunita K. @sunita_k

Plain Curd (Dahi) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

5 min Easy Low sodium Low carb Vegetarian Halal Gluten free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 cups plain whole milk curd
1 pinch salt

How to cook it

Whisk the plain curd smooth with a small pinch of salt until creamy.
Chill briefly and serve cool alongside the meal to cool the spice.

Watch how to cook Plain Curd (Dahi)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Plain Curd (Dahi), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
  
  45 min
The cooked vegetable
- Aloo Gobi
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- Jeera Rice
  
  30 min
- Plain Steamed Rice
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Kachumber Salad
  
  10 min

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. Plain Curd (Dahi) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Plain Curd (Dahi)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Mango Pickle (Achaar)
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: 90 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 5 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 6 g
Sodium: 100 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

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

When to cook it

Plain Curd (Dahi) takes about 5 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.