Coconut Fried Rice Recipe | Flavour Diary | Indian Cuisine | Lunchbox Recipe

 Today's Recipe is Coconut Rice. Coconut Rice is famous south Indian Rice variety. There are two ways of doing it.... one is cooking rice in coconut milk with some nuts in it and the other way is cooking the rice separately and then adding the coconut mixture. Coconut mixture is made of out of some nuts and spicy chillies. Today's version is second variation.
This is easy to make use of left over rice or freshly cooked and best for lunch boxes, party side rice recipe, for travelling .
If you love watching how this is made...click on the video below.

Level: Easy
Cook time: 10 mins
Serves: 2-3

1 cup:250 ml
1 tablespoon: 15ml
1 teaspoon:5ml

Ingredients

Cooked Rice: 2 cups
Fresh Coconut: 1 cup(finely grated) 
Mustard Seeds:1/2 teaspoon
Green Chillies: 2 (finely cut)
Dry Red Chillies: 1
Split Chickpea/Chana Dal: 1 tablespoon
Split Blackgram/Urad Dal: 1 tablespoon
Curry Leaves:Few
Cashews/Kaju: 10-12(broken)
Hing: 1/8 teaspoon
Oil: 2 tablespoons
Coconut Oil: 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste

Directions

In a pan add Oil and coconut Oil, when its hot add mustard seeds . Once mustard seeds pop add chana dal,cashews,stir for 10-20 seconds.
Now add Urad dal, green chillies,dry red chilli, curry leaves and Hing  stir for 10-20 secs until cashews changes to light brown.
Now add grated coconut and cook for 2 -3 mins and then add cooked rice and stir for 2-3 mins until rice becomes hot and mixed.
Serve hot with pickle,chutney or sambar.

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