Coconut Milk Rice Recipe / Thenga Paal Sadham Recipe

In this recipe, rice is cooked with coconut milk and mild spices. In take of coconut milk for once in a week will nourishes the digestive tract and relieves stomach ulcers. Lets see the preparation

Ingredients :
Long grain Rice - 2 cups (soaked for 20 minutes)
Coconut pieces(sliced) - 1/2 of 1 full coconut
Onion - 1 (finely sliced)
Ginger - 1 inch (Crushed)
Garlic - 4 pods ( Crushed)
Green chilly - 6 (slit)
Oil + Ghee - 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Cinnamon stick - 2
Cloves - 5
Cardamom - 5
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Mint leaves - 1 handful (finely chopped)
Water - 3 1/2 cups
Salt to taste 

Method :

For Coconut Milk :

Blend the sliced coconut pieces with 1 cup of water in a blender. Filter the extract milk and mix with 2 1/2 cup of water.  Now the coconut milk water is ready to use. Keep it aside.

Heat a pressure cooker with oil n ghee in a medium flame. Add n fry the cinnamon stick,cloves,cardamom, fennel seeds, green chilly, ginger, garlic n onion for few minutes.

saute it till onion turns transparent colour and ginger garlic raw flavor goes.

Add Coconut milk water into the cooker, wait till the water starts boiling .

To this add soaked rice and salt, mix it well. Close the lid, cook the rice for 1 whistle.

Once the cooker cools down, open the lid and add mint leaves.

Tasty coconut milk rice is ready to eat.

Serve hot with Aloo Matar Curry / Chicken Curry with Onion raita.

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