Coconut Rice-South Indian Coconut Rice-Rice Recipe-Lunch Box Recipe

Ingredients –

1. Cooked Rice (any kind of Rice) – 1 cup
2. Curry leaves – 5-6
3. Vegetable oil or ghee – 1 tbsp.
4. Chana Dal –1 tbsp.
5. Urad Dal-1 tbsp.
6. Whole red chilly – 1 (as per you taste)
7. Salt to taste
8. Grated Fresh Coconut – 1/2 cup
9. Peanuts or Cashews nuts – 1 tbsp.
10. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp.
11. A pinch of Asafetida (Hing)

Method –

• Heat oil in a pan / kadhai.
• Add mustard seeds, whole red chilly and curry leaves, cook for few minutes.
• Now add chana dal, urad da, Cashews and Hing, fry until lightly golden.
• Add cooked rice, grated coconut, salt to taste.
• Stir everything well.
• Cover and cook for few minutes on low heat.
• After few minutes turn off the heat. 
• Coconut rice is ready, serve with any curry or curd.