Coconut rice

Name: Coconut rice
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups cooked rice; 3/4 cup shredded coconut; 1 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tbsp Chana dal; 1 tbsp peanuts; 10 cashews; 1 tsp chopped ginger; 2 green chilies slit; 1 pinch asafoetida powder; 1 string curry leaves; 1 tsp salt

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

Chennai

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Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

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Ingredients

10 minutes

2 people

2 cupscooked rice
3/4 cupshredded coconut
1 tbspcoconut oil
1 tspmustard seeds
1 tbspChana dal
1 tbsppeanuts
10cashews
1 tspchopped ginger
2green chilies slit
1 pinchasafoetida powder
1string curry leaves
1 tspsalt

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot, add ½ teaspoon of mustard seeds and let them crackle. Then add pinch of hing (optional) and stir.
2

Add whole raw cashews, the chana, peanut and urad dal Cook until the cashews and the dals starts turning light golden brown in a color. This takes around 1 minute.
3

Then add 1 teaspoon chopped ginger, curry leaves and 1 to 2 chopped green chilies. Cook until the ginger starts changing color.
4

Now, add ¾ cup of freshly shredded coconut (or use frozen coconut) and stir well. Cook for 1 minute.
5

Toss in 2 cups of cooked rice and salt mix well very until everything is well combined and the rice is heated through.
6

Serve coconut rice with pickle and enjoy.