Coconut Rice (Indian)

In India, coconut rice is made with coconut flakes or with grated or desiccated/dry coconut).

serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 teaspoon black mustard seed
• ½ cup fresh/frozen grated coconut or dry coconut flakes
• 2 dry red chiles
• 7–10 curry leaves
• 1 teaspoon chana dhal
• Salt to taste
• A few cashews
• 5–7 cups of cooked, cooled white long-grain rice (light and fluffy)

Steps

1. Heat the oil with the mustard seeds in a covered sauté pan.
2. When the mustard seeds have finished popping, add everything but the rice, and lightly toast in the oil until golden.
3. Add the seasonings to the cooked rice, mix well, and serve.

More recipes with mustard seed, coconut, chile peppers, curry leaves, chickpeas, cashews or rice

Adapted from “Coconut Rice (Indian)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.