Name: Masala dahi (Spiced curd)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon chilli flakes; a pinch of ground turmeric; 4–6 fresh curry leaves; ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds; 1 dried red chilli, halved; 4 tablespoons ghee; ½ teaspoon sugar; a pinch of rock salt, or to taste; 450 g (1 lb) full-fat plain yoghurt; ½ teaspoon ground fennel seeds

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

About

Tangy, tasty and tempered with Indian spices, this is a beautiful condiment, generally served as a side dish. I don’t mind eating it as a dip, with some roti.

Ingredients

450 g (1 lb) full-fat plain yoghurt
½ teaspoon ground fennel seeds<

Method

In a heatproof serving dish, mix together the yoghurt, fennel seeds, salt and sugar. Cover and refrigerate until you are nearly ready to serve.

Heat the ghee in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the dried chilli, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves nd turmeric. Cook, stirring, for a minute or two, until the chilli turns dark, then stir in the chilli flakes.

Pour the spiced