The wonder called ‘Thayir Saadam’

Yeah, it’s a wonder. Cool, refreshing, awww, it’s a gift from God!
Things about thayir saadam that I can fondly remember:
** An aunt or grandmother seating all the kids around her and giving each one a bit of thacchi mammu in her hand – with a dash of vetha kuzhambu (it’s actually called something else, but I don’t know what!), or maavadu or oorugai…
**The curd rice I used to take to school for lunch inevitably everyday, and though I would complain incessantly to my mom to give something else, I would feel weird if I didn’t have it even for one day!
**How this was the only food that I could gobble up within minutes, considering you can comfortably alter its consistency by adding water…
**The thayir saadam made for special occasions, with fruits, mustard seeds and sprinkled coriander leaves….
**The normal curd rice after every basic meal at home, with a bit of vetha kuzhambu or arachuvitta sambhar…
God, even thinking of it makes me soooo wanna taste it now! :) The curd here is either so sour that I have to clench my teeth to let the pulippu pass on, or so bland that it’s like eating something else.
There, the simplest of food, and the best and tastiest ever!