Coriander Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. Simple kothamalli rice or cilantro rice made with cooked rice, coriander leaves thokku.
Coriander Rice Recipe
I made some nice rice recipe which is one of my favourites. It is packed with full of flavour but so easy peasy to make..In fact the cool thing in this is..You can make the masala in bulk and store in freezer. So if you need to pack a quick lunch or make something very fast, take some masala from the freezer warm it in a kadai or microwave and mix rice with that. How easy is that. But it is not hard to make from scratch too, I made this within 15 mins. I made this a month back along with some mint rice. I served it with papad, curd and papad.
About Coriander Rice Recipe
Coriander is a herb from the Apiaceae family, also known as cilantro, Chinese parsley, or dhania. Originating in southwest Asia, coriander now grows throughout north Africa. It is known as koththamuhlli in Sri Lankan Sinhalese. It is brewed and
consumed to treat the common cold and fever because it is thought to have medicinal properties.
Fresh coriander leaves, basmati rice, spices, and vegetables are used to make the fragrant, flavourful, and spiced rice known as coriander rice.
By reducing blood pressure and LDL (bad) cholesterol while raising HDL (good) cholesterol, coriander may protect your heart. A diet high in spices seems to be linked to a lower risk of heart disease.
Ingredients for Coriander Rice Recipe
Coriander leaves:
The flavour of the coriander leaves should be crisp, tart, and citrusy. The dried fruit of the plant, which can be used whole or ground, is coriander seeds. It has an earthy, tart, and sweet flavour with a toasted floral aroma.
Onion:
Onions are considered a basic ingredient or the foundation of Indian cooking and are used to make any gravy, curry, or bhuna dish. The flavour and aroma of onion transforms any ordinary dish into a mouthwatering and delectable one.
Ginger:
Fresh ginger has a slightly peppery and sweet flavour, as well as a pungent and spicy aroma. Fresh ginger, like garlic, softens with cooking. It's a common flavouring in Asian dishes. Salad dressings, baked goods, soups, curries, meats, and desserts like
gingerbread and gingersnaps are all flavoured with ground ginger.
📖 Recipe
Coriander Rice Recipe | Cilantro Rice Recipe | Kothamalli Sadam Recipe
Ingredients
- Ghee - 1 tblspn
- Mustard Seeds / kaduku - 1 tsp
- Channa Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tblspn
- Urad dal / Ulundu - 1 tblspn
- Cinnamon - 1 small piece
- Cardamom / Yelakai - 3 crushed
- Peanuts - 3 tblspn
- Rice - 5 cups Cooked HOW TO COOK RICE
- For Green Masala:
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro - 4 cup packed
- Onion - 1 small chopped
- Ginger - 1 small piece
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Grind the given ingredients to a fine paste.
- Heat ghee in a kadai. Add mustard seeds and allow them to pop.
- Add in channa dal, urad dal, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf and mix well.
- Add in peanuts and give a stir let the fry till everything is golden and browned evenly.
- Now add in the ground masala and cook it for 5 mins till the masala is cooked and ghee separates from that.
- Add cooked rice to it and mix well.
- Serve hot with raita or poriyal.
Coriander Rice Recipe Step by Step Pictures
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Take all your ingredients |
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You will need a bunch of fresh coriander leaves..AKA Cilantro |
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Take the grinding ingredients in a blender |
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and make into a fine puree |
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Heat ghee in a pan. Add mustard in it and let them POP |
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add channa dal & Urad dal |
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Now goes Cinnamon & Bay leaf & Cardamom |
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Now comes my favorite part...Add a good amount of peanuts!!! |
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and let them fry it the aromatic ghee |
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now goes the ground green masala |
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fry them till oil separates from them |
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like this |
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add rice to that and toss well |
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Serve |
DivyaGCP
Delicious and colorful rice..
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look delicious, this is on my to-do list since Valli had posted about her office party..she cooked a massive quantity so was daunting for me to try..but your step - by -steo pictures here are pushing me harder now
Rasi
very says & nice idea of making a paste in advance!
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Hari Chandana
Lovely and aromatic rice.. awesome job dear 🙂
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jeyashrisuresh
Very flavorful rice, nicely done
Jayanthi
Love the kothamalli rice ...looks fab...good one Aarthi.
Poonam Borkar
looks so yummy..love the colour!!
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Chandrani
Very flavorful coriander rice. Yummy...
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Aruna Manikandan
nice flavorful rice arthi 🙂
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Nice clicks n nice recipe too
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Prathibha
very delicious rice..looks wonderful
Priya
Super flavourful one pot meal,love this rice anytime.
Deeksha
looks very inviting and tasty.
vaishali sabnani
very healthy and attractive!
Priti
Love kothamali rice ...looks so gud
Champa
I make this one too, but not the south Indian way of tadka with peanuts and all. Nice dish.
Hamaree Rasoi
Aarti you are so hardworking girl...Looking forward to see your alphabets series. Nice rice dish
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Gayathri Anand
super.. nice and flavorful rice ...
Chef Mireille
what a nice colored rice...perfect for springtime
Nalini's Kitchen
Such a colorful and flavorful rice....looks yummy.
Pari
Aromatic rice, sounds yum.
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Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
Like your version of coriander rice too.
Srivalli
That's very interesting colour!
Rajani
Funny how I never have tried Coriander rice, though I have tried a lot of other variety rices. Should definitely try this sometime! Yours has come out really nice 🙂
veena krishnakumar
I love the colour.....kothumalli sadam is a reguar in my house....and the pics are very nice
SouthIndianHome
Kothamalli sadhamm looks delicious
PJ
Yes, this is definitely a great dish for the lunch box...
Gayathri Kumar
Very flavorful rice. My all time fav, looks so nice...
RAKS KITCHEN
Nice series from you, nice recipe...love this rice a lot!
Cool Lassi(e)
Coriander Rice looks awesome!
Degchi
Lovely green color!! cilantro flavor infused rice. Like it.
Preeti Garg
awesome rice recipe
Tamizh G
Hi can we add chilli to this rice?
Aarthi
@Tamizh GYou can add if u need
sudha
Superb for lunch box. Gr8.
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