Coconut Rice

Ingredients : Cooked Rice – 1 glass

                      Fresh Coconut scrapped – 1cup

                      Green Chillies – 5 nos

                      Mustard Seeds – 2tsp

                      Urad Dal- 2 tsp

                      Channa Dal – 2 tsp

                      Groundnuts – 1/4 cup

                      Cashew nuts – 5 nos

                      Curry Leaves

                      Hing – 1 tsp

                      Coconut oil – 1 tsp

                      Til Oil – 2tblsp

                      Cooking Oil – 3tblsp

                      Salt to taste

Method : Take oil in a pan add Mustard seeds, Urad Dal, Channa Dal, Groundnuts, Cashewnuts and let them fry till the mustard seeds pops and all the dals are light brown colour.

Finely chop the Green Chilles.

Now add this to the pan with CurryLeaves. Give a mix. Now add the Coconut scrapped, with Salt, Hing and mix well. Keep the fire in low flame.

Lastly add the coconut oil. It will Give a nice aroma. Give a final stir for 2 mins and remove from fire 

Note : If you are going to eat immediately donot brown the Coconut. It gives a very good taste to the Coconut Rice.

If going to take to travel then you can brown the Coconut

Now add the cooked rice to this and mix well. At this stage add the Til oil and mix well . Til oil is important to keep the Coconut rice moist and soft.

Hot Coconut rice is ready. Serve with Papads/ Vadams/ Chips