Coconut Rice (Thengai Saadham)

Ingredients:

• Rice (Sona masoori or Basmati) – 1 cup (uncooked)
• Coconut(grated) – 1 ½ cup
• Mustard seeds and Urad dal – 1/2 tspn
• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tspn
• Chana dal(kadalai paruppu) – 1 ½ tspn
• Peanuts – 2 tspn
• Cashew nuts – 12 to 14
• Red chilies – 3 to 4 (broken)
• Green Chilies – 2 to 3 (Slit length-wise)
• Curry leaves – 1 or 2 sprigs
  
• Hing – a pinch
• Coriander leaves – 3to 4 sprigs (Chopped)
• Salt – to taste
• Ghee or Oil – 3 to 4 tspns

Recipe:

1. Cook Rice with Salt and keep aside.
   
2. Heat Ghee or Oil in a pan. Add Mustard seeds, Urad dal and Cumin seeds.
3. Once the seeds starts spluttering add Chana dal, Peanuts, Cashew nuts and fry for a minute.
4. Add Red Chilies, Green Chilies, Curry leaves and Hing, fry till the dals turns into golden brown.
5. Add grated Coconut, Salt and fry for 3 to 4 minutes or till the Coconut turns light-brown.
6. Add the Cooked rice and mix well. Remove from heat and garnish with Coriander leaves.

Goes well with: Any Curry and Papad