Coconut Rice
Ingredients
- Rice – 2 cups cooked
- Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- Split urad dal/Vigna mungo/white lentil – 1 tsp
- Chana dal/Bengal gram – ½ tsp
- Dry red chilli – 2-3
- Curry leaves – a handful
- Hing/asafetida – a pinch
- Coconut – scraped or grated ½ cup
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Ghee – 1 tsp
- salt – to season
Instructions
- In a large kadai, heat oil and ghee.
- Add all the ingredients except coconut and rice and mix well.
- Next, add the scraped coconut and sauté for a minute till the rawness goes. Do not overcook or allow the coconut change colour. Season with salt if necessary.
- Turn to low heat and add the cooked rice; mix well without breaking the rice.