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Thengai sadam | South Indian Coconut rice

I love the festival chitra purnami. My mom would prepare a lavish dinner with all mixed rice (Kalavai sadam) varieties. Though I dont get time to prepare all the mixed rice varieties at a time, I still enjoy relishing them one at a time. Tried this simple coconut rice and am sharing this with u all 🙂

Thengai sadam | Coconut rice
Thengai sadam | Coconut rice

Ingredients:

Coconut (grated): 1 cup
Mustard, Cumin seeds, urad dal: For seasoning
Curry leaves: few
Green chilies: few
Peanuts: few
Asafetida: a pinch
Salt: to taste

Preparation Method:

  • Wash and cook rice.
  • Heat little oil and do seasoning with mustard, cumin seeds, urad dal, Green chilies, asafetida and curry leaves.
  • Add peanuts and fry it for 2 mins.
  • Add the grated coconut and fry the mixture (in low flame) for 2-3 mins.
  • Remove the mixture from stove top and add salt to it.
  • Now add this mixture to the cooked rice and mix thoroughly.
  • Coconut rice is ready!

Tips:

We can also add onions (saute it before adding coconut) and fried cashews to this recipe.

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18 replies on “Thengai sadam | South Indian Coconut rice”

Hi Anu,

Thanks for visiting my blog. Even I remember my mom making these variety rice for “Krishna jayanthi”. I used to love them, especially the coconut rice. Your post reminded me of my mom’s coconut rice. She uses red chillies and cashews instead of green chillies and peanuts. Your’s looks very tempting:)

Hello Anu, I just visited ur blog n saw ur pic stolen…i donnoif u r aware of tht but do check this site recipesa2z.blogspot.com/2009/09/coconut-rice-cokonut-ricce.html
Nd I must say….I saw ur blog nd love most of the recipes 🙂

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