Coconut Rice
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Savour the delectable taste of coconut in this awesome dish, coconut rice. The nutty flavour combined with flavourful aromatic taste of basmati rice is just divine. Add a dash of butter to the dish just before serving, and take the dish up a notch on the taste parameters.
| Serves | Preparation Time | Cooking Time |
| 4 People | 15-20 Minutes | 10-15 Minutes |
Ingrediants
- 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp ghee
- 3 tbsp broken cashewnuts
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 whole dry kashmiri red chilli, broken into pieces
- 7 to 8 curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp asafoetida
- 2 tsp green chillies, finely chopped
- 2 1/2 cups cooked rice
- Salt to taste
Method
Step 1
Take a heavy-bottom pan and keep it on medium heat. Add sesame seeds and dry roast it for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring continuously.
Step 2
Allow the roasted sesame seeds to cool completely.
Step 3
Once it gets cooled, blend the seeds in a mixer to a coarse powder and keep it aside.
Step 4
Next, take ghee in the same pan you used previously for roasting sesame. Add cashewnuts and let it sauté on medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the cashewnuts and keep aside.
Step 5
Next, take oil in the same non-stick kadhai, add urad dal and chana dal and fry for 30 seconds.
Step 6
Add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Then add red chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
Step 7
Add the previously prepared sesame powder, green chillies, coconut and rice. Add salt and mix well. Leave to cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Step 8
Serve hot.
Nutritional Information
| Calories | 334 Kcal |
| Proteins | 6.7 g |
| Fats | 13.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 46.9 g |
| Cholesterol | 3 mg |
| Sodium | 74 mg |
| Potassium | 141 mg |
