Ingredients

• 1 cup - Arborio rice, washed and soaked for 15 minutes
• 1 cup - fresh curds
• 2 cups - hot water
• 1/2 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp - urad dal grains
• 1 stalk - curry leaves
• 1 - whole red chilli
• 5 to 6 - peppercorns
• 2 to 3 pinches - asafoetida powder
• Salt, to taste

How to Make Arborio Rice in Buttermilk

• Heat pressure pan well. Put in urad dal, dry roasting till very light brown.
• Add mustards seeds, allow to pop.
• Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, curry leaves, chilli, peppercorns.
• Allow to splutter and pop. Then add hot water.
• Bring to a boil and add rice. Allow boiling to resume.
• Add beaten curd, stirring continuously all the while.
• When boiling resumes, add salt to taste.
• Cover and pressure-cook for 2 whistles.
• Take off heat, allow steam to die down.
• Open and serve piping hot with stuffed chilli or lime pickle.