Coconut Rice Recipe / Thengai Sadham Recipe

Coconut Rice is a tasty, quick n traditional recipe of south-India. It is best recipe for Lunch Box.
Lets see the easy to make recipe Coconut Rice preparation.

Ingredients :

Fresh grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Long Grain Rice - 1 cup (washed n soaked for 15 mins)
Oil + Coconut oil - 1 tbsp + 1tsp
Urid dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Dried Red chilly - 3 (broken into pieces)
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Method :

In a pressure cooker, add n cook soaked rice with 2 cups of water,salt for 1 whistle in a lower flame. Turn-off the flame n wait for pressure to release completely from the cooker. Open the cooker lid.

Stir it slowly with fork n add 1 tsp of coconut oil. Keep it aside.

Heat a pan with oil in a medium flame. Add n fry urid dal, dried red chilly, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves until mustard seeds stops spluttering.

To this add grated coconut n fry it for a minute.

Now add cooked rice n blend it well with the coconut fried mixture.

Delicious Coconut Rice is ready to serve.

Serve with Potato roast or any of your choice veg roast.

Love Cook Joy.