Coconut Rice

Type: Savoury
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 1 cup raw rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup coconut

For tempering:

  • 2 tsps oil
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1/2 tsp black gram
  • 2 red chillies
  • pinch of asafoetida
  • 2 sprigs curry leaves

Instructions

  1. Put the raw rice in a vessel.
  2. Wash it at least twice
  3. Add the water and salt
  4. Cook it in the pressure cooker – 3 whistles is more than adequate
  5. Once the pressure is released, take out the rice and spread it on a plate to cool.
  6. Take a pan and add all the tempering items
  7. Once the mustard sputters and the black gram becomes slightly brown, add the grated coconut into it.
  8. Roast on low flame till it becomes brown.
  9. Add the cooled rice into this.
  10. Stir well and remove from flame.
  11. Serve hot.

Notes

  • You can add roasted cashews or roasted groundnuts while sputtering the mustard.

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