Coconut Rice
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Rice recipies
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice - 2 cups
- Ghee - 1 Tbsp ( You can also use oil instead)
- Mustard seeds - 1 Tbsp
- Dried Red chillies - 5 Nos
- Urad daal(white lentil) - 3 Tbsp(split)
- Curry leaves - 2 petals
- Cashews - 10 Nos
- Raisins - 10 Nos
- Grated coconut - 1 cup
- Salt - as per taste
Directions
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Cook the rice with a few drops oil and enough salt. Drain the water and keep this aside. Make sure not to overcook the rice so that it wont stick together.
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Heat a small pan and add ghee. Once it is hot, add mustard seeds and allow them to sputter.
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Now add ingredients 4, 5 , 6 , 7 & 8 and keep stirring till the daal and cashews turns brownish.
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Now add coconut and 1/2 tsp salt and keep stirring till it turns light brown. Dont allow them to get burnt. Switch off the heat and add this to the already cooked rice and mix uniformly.
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The coconut rice is ready and you can serve it with a pickle / pappad / curd.