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Coconut Rice | Coconut Rice Recipe | South Indian Cooking

Coconut Rice is a flavoursome, easy to make  rice dish from South India. The goodness of coconut  along with taste of cumin and curry leaves blend  well to give a tasty and easy to make dish. It can be eaten as it is or served with a few papad and fryums.

A no onion garlic recipe, coconut rice  is ideal for festive days. It is simple yet flavoursome. I often make it during holidays as it is loved at home. It is ideal to serve  for lunch or dinner. A good thing, you can make use of the left over rice too.

It does not need any accompaniments but I usually make some fryums and papads to pair them together. Moreover, my family members  love to top it with a few pieces of these fryums.

The ingredients that goes into the making of Coconut Rice are:

Rice: Well cooked rice, that is neither too smudgy or soft. You can use the regular sona masuri rice here.

Coconut: Use fresh grated coconut  to make this dish.

Curry leaves : Curry leaves give a good aroma to it.

Cashew pieces : They give flavour to the dish. Be sure to roast them well, you need a golden tinged one.

Groundnuts: Not a necessity, but they taste good in most South Indian dishes.

Asafoetida: It  is one of the essentials of the South Indian cooking.

Coconut Rice

About the event:

Sending this to Healthy Wellthy Cuisine, the theme is “Satvik Treat”. The theme was suggested by Ruchi Shah, who is an expert cook. I loved her Raw Mango Thokku and want to try it. Other satvik recipes that you may like to try are

• Bhindi Kadhi by  Preethi                   
• Pine Nuts Pasta by Shalu
• Doi Potol by Sujata
• Paneer Butter Masala by Poonam
• Moongdal Dosa by Ruchi

Recipe of Coconut Rice:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup  rice
• 2 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon bengal gram
• 1 teaspoon urad dal
• 2 tablespoon groundnut
•  8 cashew
• 4 red chilly
• a few sprigs of curry leaf
• 1/2 cup coconut
• salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash the rice and cook it in pressure cooker, adjust the water quantity accordingly.  Once the pressure releases, keep it aside.
2. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as it splutters, put bengal gram, urad dal, groundnuts. Saute for a while. Put cashew pieces and red chilly into it. Throw in the curry leaves, the seasoning is ready. Keep it aside.
3. Put rice, salt and coconut to it. Mix it.
4. Coconut rice is ready to serve.

Take a tip:

• Grated coconut may be added in the seasoning. I do not do it, I prefer putting it over and mixing.
• A few green chilly and ginger may be added in the seasoning.

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Coconut Rice

Coconut Rice is a flavoursome rice from South India. A no onion garlic recipe, it is ideal for festive days.

Course dinner, festive cooking, lunch box, lunch ideas

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword coconut rice, festive cooking, no onion garlic recipe, south indian dishes

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice
• 2 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon bengal gram
• 1 teaspoon urad dal
• 2 tablespoon groundnut
• 8 cashew
• 4 red chilly
• a few sprigs of curry leaf
• 1/2 cup coconut
• salt to taste

Instructions

• Wash the rice and cook it in pressure cooker, adjust the water quantity accordingly.  Once the pressure releases, keep it aside.
• Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as it splutters, put bengal gram, urad dal, groundnuts. Saute for a while. Put cashew pieces and red chilly into it. Throw in the curry leaves, the seasoning is ready. Keep it aside.
• Put rice, salt and coconut to it. Mix it.
• Coconut rice is ready to serve.

Notes

Grated coconut may be added in the seasoning. I do not do it, I prefer putting it over and mixing.
A few green chilly and ginger may be added in the seasoning. 

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Coconut Rice

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