Coconut Rice ~ Easy Lunch Box Recipe !

    Today Day 2 of the Blogging Marathon Edition # 13 under the theme, "Easy kids lunch box recipe featuring Rice". Today's easy lunch box recipe - Coconut Rice. Just like me Sanjay too love coconut rice more. This time i made this rice with little variation by adding some roasted ground dal powder which was adapted from Vardhini's Coconut Sevai recipe. Thanks dear for the recipe , really addition of podi to the coconut rice gives lots of flavor n mild crunchy taste. We loved it. This coconut rice can be done within 10 minutes if u have cooked rice in hand. Very simple and delicious recipe. The recipe as follows...

Ingredients

1. Cooked Rice    1 and 1/2 cup
2. Coconut(fresh)     1/4 cup (shredded)
3. Salt   to taste
4. Cilantro   few finely chopped

To Roast n Grind

1. Oil   1/4 tsp
2. Chana dal   1 tsp
3. Urad dal    1 tsp
4. Dry Red chilli    2 or to taste

To temper

1. Oil     2-3 tsp
2. Mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
3. Chana dal   1/2 tsp
4. Urad  dal   1/2 tsp
5. Peanut    1 tbsp
6. Curry leaves   few

Method

• First roast the ingredients under the heading " to toast n grind" in oil till light golden brown and cool it ...then grind it to a fine coarse powder and keep aside.

• Heat oil in a pan, then add the tempering ingredients one by one and fry the dal till it turns light golden brown and add shredded coconut n enough salt .

• Then roast the coconut for 1-2 minutes or until it turns light brown n  flavor comes.

• Now add the cooked rice n ground dal powder and mix everything well and stir fry for a minute.
• Lastly add some chooped cilantro and turn off the stove.
• That's it easy n yummy coconut rice is ready .

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