Coconut Rice / Thengai Sadam - A South Indian Favorite

I love coconut rice..Amma makes it often for lunch on weekdays, since it is so easy peasy to make..Actually it taste so great as it is..So you don’t need any side dish with this..If you want some thing to go also with this, you could make Potato Roast.

But the best combo for this is spicy chicken curry..They both taste divine..I think you should try it some day..The flavour of this rice comes from the toasting of coconut in coconut oil and also the whole spices which you put in..I added some cashews for little crunch..I have another version of Coconut Milk Rice which is a keralan style..Check it here..

I hope you love this and let me know what you think..

Ingrediants:

Rice – 3 cups cooked

Coconut -1 cup Freshly Grated

Coconut Oil – 2 tblspn

Curry leaves – 2 springs

Cashews – 10

Channa Dal / Kadala Paruppu – 1 tsp

Whole Pepper -1 tsp

Urad Dal / Ulundu – 1tsp

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp

Cardamom – 5

Dry Red Chilli – 3

Salt to taste

Method:

Heat Coconut oil in a kadai. Add Mustard Seeds, Urad dal and Saute for a min.

Add Channa Dal, Pepper, Cashews, Cardamom, Dry Red Chilli and Curry leaves. Saute this for 30 sec.

Add in Coconut and mix well. Add some salt and sauté till it gets light golden.

Now add in rice and mix well..Fry this for 3 mins untill the rice is heated through.

Serve hot or put in lunch box.

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Rice cooked and cooled

Heat coconut oil

add mustard and urad dal

add channa dal and pepper

add cashews

add cardamom

dry red chilli

and some curry leaves

mix well

add coconut

season with salt

and mix well

add in rice

and toss well

done done

Serve

Or put in lunch box