Thengai Sadam Recipe (A Quick and Healthy Coconut Rice)
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with fresh coconut - grated, -1/ cooked rice, mustard seeds. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
Instructions
11 steps- 1
To begin cooking the Thengai Sadam (Coconut Rice Recipe), heat a tablespoon of coconut oil in a heavy bottomed pan or wok
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 2
Add the mustard seeds to the oil, and once it begins to crackle, add in the urad dal, channa dal and the peanuts
mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)teaspoons white urad dal (split)(2)raw peanuts (moongphali) - fistful(1) - 3
Once the dals begins to brown, add the green chillies, curry leaves and ginger and stir them together for a few minutes
sprig curry leaves(1)or 4 green chillies - finely chopped(3)ginger - grated(1 teaspoon) - 4
Next, add in the coconut to the kadai and mix them all together
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 5
Care should be taken to avoid any moisture remaining in the mixture, therefore keep stirring it properly until all the moisture in the coconut evaporates
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 6
At this stage, stir in the cooked rice and salt and combine all the ingredients well
-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)salt - to taste - 7
Add a tablespoon of coconut oil to it to separate the grains of the rice
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 8
Finally, add a tablespoon of coconut oil to the Thengai Sadam, to separate the grains of the rice
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 9
Stir fry gently to combine all the ingredient taking care and ensuring that the rice does not get mashed, in the process
-1/ cooked rice(2 cups) - 10
Once combined, turn the heat to low and simmer for a couple of minutes
- 11
Turn off the heat and serve the Thengai Sadam (Coconut Rice) hot with a potato roast and papad
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon)
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Thengai Sadam Recipe (A Quick and Healthy Coconut Rice)
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with fresh coconut - grated, -1/ cooked rice, mustard seeds. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
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Directions
11 steps- 1
To begin cooking the Thengai Sadam (Coconut Rice Recipe), heat a tablespoon of coconut oil in a heavy bottomed pan or wok
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 2
Add the mustard seeds to the oil, and once it begins to crackle, add in the urad dal, channa dal and the peanuts
mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)teaspoons white urad dal (split)(2)raw peanuts (moongphali) - fistful(1) - 3
Once the dals begins to brown, add the green chillies, curry leaves and ginger and stir them together for a few minutes
sprig curry leaves(1)or 4 green chillies - finely chopped(3)ginger - grated(1 teaspoon) - 4
Next, add in the coconut to the kadai and mix them all together
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 5
Care should be taken to avoid any moisture remaining in the mixture, therefore keep stirring it properly until all the moisture in the coconut evaporates
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 6
At this stage, stir in the cooked rice and salt and combine all the ingredients well
-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)salt - to taste - 7
Add a tablespoon of coconut oil to it to separate the grains of the rice
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 8
Finally, add a tablespoon of coconut oil to the Thengai Sadam, to separate the grains of the rice
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon) - 9
Stir fry gently to combine all the ingredient taking care and ensuring that the rice does not get mashed, in the process
-1/ cooked rice(2 cups) - 10
Once combined, turn the heat to low and simmer for a couple of minutes
- 11
Turn off the heat and serve the Thengai Sadam (Coconut Rice) hot with a potato roast and papad
fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)-1/ cooked rice(2 cups)+ coconut oil(1 tablespoon)
Rate this recipe
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