Hello everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, South Indian coconut rice. It is one of my favorites food. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really deliciou

The Ingredients need to make South Indian coconut rice:

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

Step 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 seed As soon as the seeds start to crackle and pop, add jeera and hing powder and sauté on low heat for a few second 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 second
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 its 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.

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