Thengai sadam | South Indian Coconut rice

I love the festival chitra purnami. My mom would prepare a lavish dinner with all mixed rice (Kalavai sadam) varieties. Though I dont get time to prepare all the mixed rice varieties at a time, I still enjoy relishing them one at a time. Tried this simple coconut rice and am sharing this with u all 🙂

Ingredients:

Coconut (grated): 1 cup
Mustard, Cumin seeds, urad dal: For seasoning
Curry leaves: few
Green chilies: few
Peanuts: few
Asafetida: a pinch
Salt: to taste

Preparation Method:

• Wash and cook rice.
• Heat little oil and do seasoning with mustard, cumin seeds, urad dal, Green chilies, asafetida and curry leaves.
• Add peanuts and fry it for 2 mins.
• Add the grated coconut and fry the mixture (in low flame) for 2-3 mins.
• Remove the mixture from stove top and add salt to it.
• Now add this mixture to the cooked rice and mix thoroughly.
• Coconut rice is ready!

Tips:

We can also add onions (saute it before adding coconut) and fried cashews to this recipe.

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