coconut rice two ways | temple style coconut rice | party style coconut rice | coconut rice 

I have shown two types of coconut rice in this video, one is temple style coconut rice and the other is a bit unconventional but equally delicious temple style coconut rice recipe As a child, I used to love the coconut rice served as prasadam at temples. Today let us see how to make prasadam style coconut rice ingredients 1 cup is 250 ml 6 cups boiled rice 1 fresh coconut / 2.5 cups grated coconut cashewnuts 2 tsp mustard seeds 2 tbsp channa dal 2 tbsp urad dal 2 red chillies 3 green chillies chopped 4 tbsp coconut oil curry leaves hing 1/4 tsp 1 tbsp ghee Salt Sugar 1 tsp Procedure. To 6 cups cooked warm rice, add 1 tbsp ghee and a little salt . Mix gently. Keep aside. Take half a cup of the grated coconut and make paste by transferring to a mixer jar and blending with half cup water. Heat coconut oil in a pan. When the oil is hot add chana dal. Add in chana dal first as it takes time to cook it Add urad dal Stir for 1 minute Add mustard seeds Add red chillies Add roasted cashew nuts Add hing or asafoetida Add ginger, green chillies, curry leaves Now add grated coconut. Stir on medium flame for 2 minutes Now add the prepared Coconut paste Mix well. Now add in the cooked rice Mix gently Stir on only high flame for 2 minutes Switch off flame Now delicious Coconut rice is ready to be served. You can have it as is or eat it with papad/ pickle or raita. Or you can have it with a spicy curry or stew. second type of coconut rice / coconut rice eith a twist 1 cup is 250 ml I have pressure cooked 1 cup rice with 1.5 cups water Add salt to cooked rice. Mix amd keep aside. Heat 1/4 cup coconut oil When oil is hot add 1 tbsp each of chana and ursd dal. On a low flame, fry till they turn golden Now add 1 tsp mustard seeds 2 dry red chillies 1 bay leaf 1/2 tsp fennel seeds/ saunf 1/4 tsp asafoetida Curry leaves 12 cashew nuts 12 raisins Fry on a low flame until cashew nuts turn golden Add 1 cup grated fresh covington. Fry till coconut turns light golden Add cooked rice. Stir on a high flame for 2 minutes. Add thinly sliced ginger and 1/4 cup fried onions. You can add freshly chopped onions instead, while tempering after frying nuts. But I had fried onions for some other dish and had reserved a little. So I added at this stage. Switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve yummy coconut rice with any vegetable stew / kurma and salad / raita. Check out my temple style coconut rice reel too If you enjoyed watching this video and wish to see more such healthy yummy recipes follow Desilicious Kitchen #coconutrice