Coconut Rice is great if you want to have a simple one-dish meal, or if
you want to add a festive touch to your daily meals. The freshly grated
coconut along with the seasonings make this flavored rice a satisfying
meal. Coconut Rice is very popular in South India.
Servings: 6 Cooking Time: 35
minutes (including time for cooking rice)
Ingredients
2 cups rice (non-sticky)
2 cups coconut, freshly grated
Salt to taste
For Seasoning
6 tsp vegetable oil
Asafoetida
powder (hing), a pinch
2 tsp urad dal (split black gram)
2 tsp chana dal (split bengal gram)
1 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
4 red chillies, broken into big pieces (adjust to
taste)
3-5 green chillies, finely cut (adjust to taste)
5-6 cashewnuts, broken into pieces
Preparation
Cook the rice in a rice
cooker or pressure
cooker
with 4 cups of water. Let the rice cool.
Heat oil in a wide pan (enough for the rice) and add
hing, urad dal, chana
dal, and cashews and fry for a few seconds.
Add mustard seeds and cumin. As the seeds start to
pop,
add the green chillies and red
chillies, and fry.
Add curry
leaves and fry for a couple of seconds.
Add the grated coconut and fry for a couple of
seconds.
Add cooked rice to this seasoning. Add salt
and sprinkle some water. Mix well using a spatula, until the seasoning,
coconut, and rice are well-combined.