Thengai Paal Sadam (Coconut Milk Masala Rice)

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Thengai Paal Sadam is a flavorful rice cooked with whole masalas and coconut milk (Thengai Paal). It's a very simple dish and very easy to make. Serve this rice with spicy curry / raita as this rice is very mild. Let's learn how to make Coconut Milk Masala Rice (Thengai Paal Sadam) with step by step pictures.

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Total Time 50

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Thengai Paal Sadam (Coconut Milk Masala Rice) is a tasty variety rice which is very delicious and different from conventional variety rices. It’s very flavorful and tasty. As it’s name suggest, we are cooking the rice in thin coconut milk instead of water as we do conventionally. This brings a good flavor of coconut in the rice and makes the taste dainty.

I recommend to make fresh coconut milk to make this rice. But it also works fine with the readily available tinned coconut milk. If we have the coconut milk handy, then this rice can be made very easily and also quickly.

We usually don’t add any vegetables in this rice. I just added green peace to give a nice color to the rice. But you can always add finely chopped vegetables of your choice to make it more healthier and colorful.

Other Variety Rices that you may want try :

1. Brinji Rice – One of the most popular rice in Tamilnadu !.

2. No Onion – No Garlic Paneer Pulao – An absolute delight for all the paneer and rice lovers

3. Brinjal Rice (Vangi Baath) – A delectably yummy dish made with brinjal and a special spice powder.

4. Kala Chana Pulao – Quick, easy & protein rich one-pot meal, perfect for Kids Lunch Box too!

Recipe Card to make Thengai Paal Sadam (Coconut Milk Rice)

Method with Step by Step Pictures :

Wash the rice and soak in water for atleast 30 mins
Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds when the oil is hot. Add cinnamon sticks and cardamom and fry it till the fennel seeds starts to sputter

Now add cloves and curry leaves and fry for a minute. Add chopped ginger and fry for 20 seconds

Add chopped onions and a pinch of salt and fry it till it turns transparent. To this add peas and fry for another 20 seconds

Grate the coconut and grind it in a mixer by adding water and squeeze it to extract milk. We need 2 cups of coconut milk to cook the rice. The coconut milk should be thin in consistency, we dont need thick milk. Drain the water from soaked rice and add the rice to the pan and fry for 2 minutes

Add coconut milk and mix well. Keep the flame high and cook for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes add salt and mix gently. Keep in high flame till the water is absorbed completely

Keep the flame very low and cover it and cook for another 10 minutes. Finally the water would be absorbed completely and the rice will be cooked nicely and at the same time it would be fluffy. Remove the rice from flame