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Coconut Rice
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Coconut rice is a simple and super quick dish, perfect for kids’ lunch and bachelor cooking. Coconut rice is rice flavoured with coconut, peanut, and curry leaves.

Course: lunch
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: coconut rice
Author: Sivagami Meganathan
Ingredients
  • 2 cups Cooked rice
  • 1 cup Grated coconut
  • 1/4 cup Peanuts
  • Few Curry leaves
  • 4 tsp Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Urad dal
  • 2 Red chillis
  • Salt as needed
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, allow it to pop, and add urad dal.

  2. Then add curry leaves and peanuts, roast till the peanuts become slightly brown.

  3. Add red chillis.

  4. Add the grated coconut, saute for a minute.

  5. Add salt, mix it well.

  6. Now add cooked rice, mix well, and turn off the flame.

  7. Serve hot.