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Coconut Rice

Serves 2
15 minutes
Difficulty Easy
11 Ingredients

Coconut rice is a simple dish which can be done in seconds and works well with leftover rice. Easy, delicious and highly affordable!

Ingredients (serves 2)

2 cups cooked rice
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp split urad dal/white lentil/vigna mungo
1/2 tsp chana dal/bengal gram
2-3 dry red chilli
2 sprigs curry leaves
a pinch hing/asafoetida
1/2 cup grated coconut
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp ghee
to season salt

Method

In a large kadai, heat oil and ghee
Add all the ingredients except coconut and rice and mix well.
Next, add the scraped coconut and sauté for a minute till the rawness goes. Do not overcook or allow the coconut change colour. Season with salt if necessary.
Turn to low heat and add the cooked rice; mix well without breaking the rice.

50 Comments
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- - nadine_hill said
  - 14 Jun 2020
    8:11 pm
This sounds so delicious – love the ingredients!

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- - mom112217 said
  - 09 Jan 2017
    12:19 pm
Coconut rice would be a new recipe to try,sound’s great!

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- - mom62624 said
  - 13 Jan 2016
    6:48 am
This coconut rice looks amazing; an interesting and delicious recipe, thanks!.

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- - crystalangela said
  - 10 Oct 2015
    3:03 pm
Sounds interesting but a lot of ingredients I have never heard of.

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- - grandmahamon said
  - 20 Jun 2015
    11:57 pm
WOW! Never tried anything like this before – thanks so much for sharing!

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- - seachtheteach said
  - 23 Feb 2015
    5:58 pm
This looks absolutely delicious! I’d love to give it a go sometime…

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- - fizgig said
  - 27 Jan 2015
    11:02 pm
Yum, I now have to hunt down a couple of ingredients to make this!

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- - Gurtling said
  - 03 Nov 2014
    8:12 am
Such a YUMMY idea, somthing we all could have fun making together too! Thank you love this!

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- - mom94125 said
  - 24 Oct 2014
    5:15 pm
i tried this and it was sooo delicious although there was two ingredients that i couldn’t find
thanks for sharing this

i shared and loved

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- - mom94125 said
  - 19 Oct 2014
    7:22 pm
this looks good
thanks for sharing

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- - mom93821 said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    8:20 am
Thanks for sharing. Sounds delicious and satisfying. I am a fan of coconut. Will give it a go.

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- - shortaez said
  - 25 Sep 2014
    7:41 pm
Sounds very yummy thanks for sharing

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- - maureen3 said
  - 22 Sep 2014
    9:17 pm
Looks so tasty must try it out

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- - mggarner said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    4:54 pm
Thank you so very much for sharing!

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- - scottie said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    9:02 am
I will have to try this one

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- - ritareet said
  - 24 Aug 2014
    5:56 pm
Interesting. I always thought you had to use coconut milk? (which I have tried to make so many times but failed each time)
Is this an Indian variety as opposed to Thai?

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- - mggarner said
  - 21 Aug 2014
    1:15 pm
Yum you could use for any dish or even by itself

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- - mom63821 said
  - 21 Aug 2014
    10:42 am
OH my partner would love this, I will have to read again to see if I could do it.

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- - cloverstorm said
  - 08 Aug 2014
    2:47 am
How wonderful, never heard of this before.
I am going to have to find an Indian grocer so I can make it.
- vanyadhanya replied
  
  08 Aug 2014 , 10:08 pm
  its such a simple but hearty rice dish packed with flavor; you ought to try it.
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- - maurya said
  - 07 Aug 2014
    2:33 pm
Looks amazing thank you for sharing it
- vanyadhanya replied
  
  09 Aug 2014 , 10:32 pm
  my pleasure, Maurya
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