Making curd

Mix milk with full cream milk powder for better taste. I always add 5 tsps of milk powder to a cup of water and boil it. Then I would mix this with a cup of boiled milk. When the milk is cooled slightly [viral porukkum soodu] I would beat 1 or 2 tbsp of fresh curd with a tsp of salt and a few curry leaves with the help of a spoon and then mix this thoroughly with the hot milk. You will get the tastiest curd within 8 hours. This is the usual procedure I am following. I do not remember any method to prepare curd without the help of a little curd. But somewhere I have read that adding 3 or 4 red chillies in hot milk would help making curd. But I haven’t ever tried this.