South Indian Coconut Rice

It is simple to make the dish which is one of the favorite among the South Idians. It can be served with curry, curd or fresh vegetable salad.

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

• 1 cup rice
• ½ cup grated coconut (fresh or frozen) (adjust to suit your taste)
• salt as needed
• 1 green chili (slit or chopped)
• 1 broken red chili (optional)
• 1½ tbsp. ghee or coconut oil
• ½ tsp mustard
• ½ tsp cumin (optional)
• pinch of hing
• ½ to ¾ tbsp. chana dal
• ½ to ¾ tbsp urad dal
• 1 tsp chopped ginger
• cashews or peanuts as needed

Instructions

1.  Cook rice and cool completely.

2. Heat ghee or oil in a pan, add cumin, mustard, dals and cashews. When the dal turns golden, add ginger, green chili, curry leaves and red chili. Sprinkle hing.

3. Add coconut, rice and salt. Off the heat. Stir everything well. Coconut can also be fried first and then rice added.

4. Serve coconut rice with a simple curry or yogurt.

Source: http://indianhealthyrecipes.com/coconut-rice-recipe/