Coconut Rice.
This is a South Indian recipe for coconut rice. Fried coconut and cashewnuts are added to boiled rice and garnished with ghee and coriander leaves.
Ingredients:
400 gms biryani rice
120 gms coconut
40 ml ghee
25 gms black gram dhal
25 gms broken pieces of nuts
6 gms dry chillies
2 gms curry leaves
2.5 gms asafoetida powder
20 gms (minced) coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Boil rice and keep aside.
Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire.
Heat 3 dessertspoon of ghee. Fry the cashewnuts and remove. Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram dhal, and curry leaves well. Mix rice, coconut, nuts, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.
