Coconut Rice

Cuisine Style Tamilnadu | Cooking Time 45 minutes
To Serve 4 | Take with any side dish
Type Lunch

Ingredients

Rice -2 cups
Water- 4 cups
Grated Coconut-1 cups
Coconut Milk- 2 cups
Mustard seeds- 2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Bengal Gram-1 tbsp
Green chillies-3 slit
Ginger- 1 inch smashed
Cashew Nuts-1/4 cup
Ground Nuts--1/4 cup
Curry leaves-few
Oil-1 Tbsp
salt- 1 tsp

Preparation

Get thin extract of coconut milk by squeezing the grated coconut.
Boil the rice (1:3) with water mixed coconut milk.
Dry roast ground nuts and cashew nuts separately and keep them aside.
In a pan heat the oil.
Splutter mustard seed then add Urad dall, Bengal gram, Green chilli, smashed ginger, Curry leaves, grated coconut, and Salt fry for 1 minute.
Mix rice.
Add ground nuts and cashew nuts and mix well.

Note

Without coconut milk, cashew and ground nuts this recipe can be prepared.

Tips

Add 2 to 3 drops of lemon to get different flavour.

How this Coconut Rice recipe is Unique?

Boiling the rice with coconut brings the rich aroma of coconut.