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Coconut Rice | Thengai Sadham | South Indian Coconut Rice | Nariyal Chawal

Coconut Rice is an easy to make rice variety loaded with flavor of coconut. With fresh grated coconut and minimal spices this is one of the very common rice variety in South India, espeically in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Let's learn how to make Coconut rice with step by step instructions and the recipe video
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Lunch
Cuisine: India, South Indian, Tamil Nadu
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 313kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Grated Coconut (fresh coconut)
  • 1 cup Cooked Rice 1 cup - 250 ml
  • 1 teaspoon Salt (adjust to your taste)

For Tempering

  • 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
  • 1 teaspoon Moong dal
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger finely chopped

Instructions

  • Soak the Moong dal in water for atleast 10mins. 
  • Chop finely the green chilles and curry leaves and keep it aside
  • Pour 1 teaspoon oil in the pan and add the grated cocunut and fry until the cocunut turns into light brown color and keep it aside.
  • Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds, when the mustard seeds starts to sputter, and fried moong dal and then add the chopped green chilles and curry leaves and fry for a minute and then remove the pan from flame.
  • Add the cooked rice to the pan and mix it with the grated fried coconut . Add salt to your taste and mix it thoroughly.
  • Yummy Coconut Rice is ready to Serve.

Video

Notes

  1. Add Cashews or Peanuts for crunchiness and taste. 
  2.  You can add grated carrots and small cut capsicum also. It looks awesome. Kids loves the colour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 313kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 5.1g | Fat: 8.4g | Saturated Fat: 7.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Sodium: 401mg | Potassium: 134mg | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 0.8mg | Iron: 9.9mg