Coconut Rice

A variety rice dish made with coconut.

Coconut Rice

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Recipe by S Kamala Course: RiceCuisine: Indian, tamilDifficulty: Easy
Servings

3

servings
Prep time

5

minutes
Cooking time

15

minutes

A variety rice dish made with coconut.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Raw Rice

  • 1 cup Grated coconut

  • 2 count Red chilly

  • 4 count Green chilli

  • 1 tsp Bengal gram dal

  • 1 tsp Urad dal

  • 1/4 tsp Asafetida

  • 1 tbsp Cashew nut

  • 4 count or 5 tsps Coconut Oil

  • 1/2 tsp Mustard

  • Curry leaves – few

  • 1 tsp Salt

Directions

  • Cook rice till soft but not too mushy. Put it in a plate or broad vessel and spread it. Sprinkle one or two teaspoon oil over it.
  • In a kadai add the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up, add Bengal gram dal, Urad dal and fry till it turns light brown.
  • Add cashew nuts, chillies, asafetida powder and curry leaves and fry for a while.
  • Now add coconut gratings and fry for two/three seconds. Add cooked rice to this and mix gently. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Notes

  • You can also add ground nuts, a small piece of fresh ginger chopped while seasoning. You can use any oil, however coconut oil enhance the flavor to this rice.

9 Comments

  1. Tried all these rice varieties..they are simply awesome……thanx a lot for these recepies…

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  3. hi..i liked this recipe..no onion no garlic…inlaws dont eat oniom garlic..so they really liked it…thanks for this lovely recipe..

  4. Hi Kamala., It is very useful to us for all executive bachelors to try these kind of variety rices in our room..Thanks a lots for your support & keep updating.

    Many thanks and all the best to you future career.

  5. Meenakumari.S

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