Coconut Rice

Name: Coconut Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
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

Kamala

4 years ago

A variety rice dish made with coconut.

Coconut Rice

Recipe rating: N/A

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

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

A variety rice dish made with coconut.

Ingredients

1 cup 1 Raw Rice
1 cup 1 Grated coconut
2 count 2 Red chilly
4 count 4 Green chilli
1 tsp 1 Bengal gram dal
1 tsp 1 Urad dal
1/4 tsp 1/4 Asafetida
1 tbsp 1 Cashew nut
4 count 4 or 5 tsps Coconut Oil
1/2 tsp 1/2 Mustard
Curry leaves – few
1 tsp 1 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.