This is a South Indian recipe for coconut rice. Fried coconut and cashewnuts 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
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:
- Boil rice and keep aside.
- Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire.
- Heat 3 dessertspoon of ghee. Fry the cashewnuts and remove.
- Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram dhal, and curry leaves well.
- Mix rice, coconut, nuts, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt.
- Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.
