Ingredients

• Rice – 300g
• oil – 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Chana dal – 1 tbsp
• Cashew nuts – 13
• Dry chilies – 2
• Green chilies – 2
• curry leaves – Few
• coriander leaves – Few
• Fresh Coconut – 1
• salt – Required

How to Prepare

Total Preparation time: 35-40 minutes

1. Grate coconut and keep it in a bowl then Slit green chillies and break the cashew nuts
2. Soak the rice with water for 30 minutes and cook it then keep the cooked rice in a vessel
3. After that take a pan and heat it with oil
4. Once oil heated up, add mustard seeds followed by chana dal and urad dal
5. Saute for 2 minute then add cashew nuts and cook it till it become golden
6. Then Add 2 dry chillies, curry leaves and green chillies
7. Fry it for 2 minutes then add 500g of grated coconut
8. Mix it and saute it for 5 minutes till the coconut become light brown
9. Add salt and mix it for half a minute
10. Add cooked rice and stir it for 2 minutes.
11. Turn off the flame finally sprinkle coriander leaves as toppings
12. Now the coconut rice is ready to serve

Good to Serve with

Health Benefits

It has ability to lowering blood pressure and cholesterol to improve heart health. And it also helps to eliminate bad cholesterol, and also balances blood sugar level.

History Origin

Coconut rice is found in vast areas in Southeast Asia and Caribbean. Countries like Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, SriLanka, Columbia, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Nigeria are cook coconut with rice with their own ingredients.