Coconut Rice.

     
                   Coconut rice is a dish prepared by cooking  rice in coconut milk or coconut flakes,which is too found in many cultures throughout the world.

         In India,Coconut rice is mainly found in the southern regions.It is most famous in Tamil Nadu.It is made with grated coconut.The way to make this dish is to cook the rice separately and then mixing rice with coconut.The rice commonly used for this is white raw rice or Basmati Rice.
Coconut rice is one of my favourite cuz its very easy to make and good with fish curry or veg curry or even with pickles..Here Im sharing the way how I make coconut rice.
Basmati Rice  - 1 cup
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Green chillies - 3-4 nos
Dried red chillies - 3 nos.
Bengal gram - 1 tsp
Urad dal      - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fried Pea nuts or cashew nuts - 2 tsp for garnishing
Salt as rqd.
Few Coroander leaves and curry leaves.

Preparation :
Cook 1 cup of basmati rice in 2 cups of water with little salt and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard seeds,dried red chillies,bengal gram,urad dal,few leaves and pea nuts or cashews.Saute for 1/2 a minute.Then add grated coconut and mix for sometime.( do not allow fry coconut)..Immediately add cooked rice to the pan and mix well with the coconut.Adjust salt.And garnish it with the coriander leaves and curry leaves.Tasty coconut rice is ready.Serve hot with curries or pickles.
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 Parvathy.