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Dahi or curd, also mosaru, dahi, thayir and perugu, is a traditional yogurt or fermented milk product originating from and popular throughout the Indian subcontinent. It is usually prepared from cows' milk , and sometimes buffalo milk or goat milk . [ 1 ]
Dahi may refer to: Dahi (curd), a traditional yogurt of the Indian subcontinent; Ed Dahi, an Arab village in Israel; Ad Dahi District, Yemen; People with the name.
In Sri Lanka, curd is eaten fresh as a dessert since antiquity. Usually buffalo curd cured in clay pots and served with kitul treacle (Caryota urens), is considered a delicacy in almost every part of the island. Although cows milk curd also is produced, Buffalo curd is the preferred variety.
This curd or yogurt is prepared in two steps. In the first step the milk is boiled; this step is known as foot. In the second step, the milk is fermented to make curd. To prepare the yogurt, pure milk of cow or buffalo is required. [4] There is also a huge contribution of fuel to prepare the red curd. Two types of fuel is needed for preparing ...
Most of the traditional and tribal foods are made of rice and rice flour, curd and a variety of green leafy vegetables like lal bhaji, cholai bhaji, chech bhaji, kanda bhaji, kheksi, kathal, kochai patta, kohda and bohar bhaji (Blossom of Lesuaa or Rasaulaa in Hindi, mostly used for making achaar).
Curd Splashing Festival (दही जात्रा) is an annual ritual performed by the local people (especially youth) of Tauthali village. It takes place the day after Bijaya Dashami . Locals who are involved in this jatra splatter curd (in south Asia, curd refers to a traditional home-made yogurt, dahi ) [ 1 ] on one another.
Buffalo milk Dadiah ( Minangkabau ) or dadih ( Indonesian and Malaysian Malay ) a traditional fermented milk popular among people of West Sumatra , Indonesia , is made by pouring fresh, raw , unheated, buffalo milk into a bamboo tube capped with a banana leaf and allowing it to ferment spontaneously at room temperature for two days.
Both cow milk and water buffalo milk are popular. Milk is used for drinking, to add to tea or coffee, to make homemade dahi (yogurt), for butter and making traditional Punjabi cottage cheese called paneer. [19] Traditionally, yogurt is made every day using previous day's yogurt as the starting bacterial culture to ferment the milk.