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Monday, March 22, 2010

Coconut Rice



Cocunut Rice, a popular Tamil dish is prepared by mixing grated coconut with rice and seasoned with nuts and other ingredients like chillies, curry leaves, mustard seeds etc.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cups
  • Grated Coconut - 1 cup
  • Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
  • Chopped Green chillies - 1 tsp
  • Cashew nut -1 tsp
  • Asafoetida - a pinch
  • Urad Dal- 1 tsp
  • Channa Dal - 1tsp
  • Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
  • Red chilly-2 nos
  • Curry leaves - A few
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil - 2 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook rice and allow it to cool.
  • Heat Oil in a pan.
  • Add Mustard seeds and Red chilly and let it splutter.
  • Add Urad dal and Channa Dal and fry it.
  • Once Urad dal becomes golden colour add Cashew nut, Asafoetida, Green Chilly, Ginger and Curry leaves into the oil.
  • Add grated Coconut and roast it for 2 -3 mins.
  • Add Salt and cooked rice and mix well.
Recommended Combination: Serve with Pickle and Pappadam.