SOUTH INDIAN RECEPIE: COCONUT RICE RECIPE

COCONUT RICE RECIPE 

This is a South Indian recipe for coconut rice. Fried coconut and cashew nuts are added to boiled rice and garnished with ghee and coriander leaves.

Ingredients: 400 gms biryani rice 120 gms coconut 40 ml ghee 25 gms black gram dhal 25 gms broken pieces of nuts 6 gms dry chillies 2 gms curry leaves 2.5 gms asafoetida powder 20 gms (minced) coriander leaves Salt to taste 

How to make coconut rice:

1. Boil rice and keep aside.
2. Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire. 
3. Heat 3 dessertspoon of ghee. Fry the cashewnuts and remove.
4. Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram dhal, and curry leaves well. 
5. Mix rice, coconut, nuts, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt.
6. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.