Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, south indian coconut rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Simple and easy South Indian Coconut Rice. This vegan and gluten-free rice dish is ideal for those busy days when you want something quick on the table! Making lunch or dinner can be challenging.

South Indian coconut rice is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. South Indian coconut rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook south indian coconut rice using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make South Indian coconut rice:

1. Make ready 2 cups cooked rice or 1 cup raw rice (any type of rice)
2. Make ready 3/4-1 cup freshly grated coconut (you can use frozen too, but thaw completely before using)
3. Prepare 3 tbsp coconut oil (or any other odorless oil)
4. Get 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
6. Take 1/2 tbsp urad dal/split black gram lentils
7. Make ready 1 tbsp chana dal/split Bengal gram dal
8. Prepare 2-3 dry red chilies, roughly cut
9. Take 1 small pinch of hing/asafetida powder
10. Make ready Few Curry leaves
11. Prepare Optional:
12. Get Few peanuts (with our without skin)/split cashew/whole almonds etc
13. Get FOR GARNISH:
14. Take As required Freshly chopped coriander leaves/cilantro

Each of these has a unique flavour, which sets it apart from other rice preparations. Here, in this delectable Coconut Rice recipe. South Indian style coconut rice recipe made with fresh coconut and chana dal. It's a mildly spiced rice recipe, which can be served as is or with a simple curry.

Instructions to make South Indian coconut rice:

1. If using raw rice, wash in plenty of water until water runs clear and cook (either in a pressure cooker or stovetop) until just cooked and each grain is separate. Drain and cool completely. - If using already cooked rice, make sure each grain is whole and separate.
2. TO MAKE COCONUT RICE: - Heat oil in a deep sauce pan and once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. - As soon as the seeds start to crackle and pop, add jeera and hing powder and sauté on low heat for a few seconds. - Now add the lentils (urad and chana dal) and fry again until they turn light golden. - Stir in dry red chilies and peanut/cashew nuts if using and fry again for a few seconds.
3. At this stage, stir in grated coconut and fry or sauté on medium heat, stirring continuously until the coconut is slightly fried and starts to turn light brown. Try not to fry it too much; we need the flavor and aroma of fresh coconut! - Sprinkle rice and salt to taste and mix well, cooking on medium heat, stirring often until heated through. - Remove from heat and serve hot or at room temperature with yogurt, raita, papad, potato chips etc!
4. Notes - - Adjust the amount of spices and coconut according to personal taste. - If consuming immediately or within a day, it is safe to roast the coconut just a bit, maintaining it's freshness and flavor. But to make it last longer, roast coconut until heated through and lightly browned. - Adding peanuts/cashew nuts/almonds etc is optional. - Make sure you use cold or room temperature rice with each grain separate and whole.

Coconut rice is also called thengai sadam in tamil, kobbari annam in telugu or nariyal chawal in hindi. This delicious South Indian styled coconut rice is a cinch to make & tastes mind blowing if you have fresh grated coconut. Its amazing how sometimes my mind works so differently from many of my friends. This South Indian version of coconut rice needs to have one most important thing - tempering (tadka). Tempering is cracking mustard seeds, few dals(or Indian lentils), curry leaves and dried red chilies in oil for the flavor and taste.

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