About Coconut Rice
If you travel across the coastal and southern regions of India, one rice dish that you will easily find everywhere is coconut rice. It is also known as Thengai Sadam. The word ‘Thenga’ means coconut and ‘sadam’ is for rice. Coconut Rice is nothing but a bowl of vegetarian fried rice made with leftover cooked rice, coconut, cashews, and other staple South Indian ingredients. Like any other fried rice recipe, it is too an ultimate comfort food that you can enjoy during any hour of the day. The addition of curry leaves, red chilies, chana dal, and urad dal not only gives a crunch to the rice but also a subtle flavor. Some more reasons to LOVE Coconut Rice easy one-pot dish meal prep friendly gluten-free and vegan fulfilling and wholesome perfect for toddlers and kids compliments spicy curries, and meat dishes
Ingredient Required
Rice: Leftover cooked rice is my first choice for making thengai sadam. Use short to medium-grain rice. Coconut: Fresh coconut is the key to making a bowl of delicious coconut rice. You can use frozen grated coconut as well. Avoid using packaged desiccated coconut. Tadka: Black Mustard Seeds (rai), White Urad Dal, Chana Dal, Curry Leaves, Dried Red Chilies, Grated Ginger Nuts: Add either cashew nuts or peanuts. Other Ingredients: Salt, Coconut Oil, or any other cooking oil
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Serving Suggestion
What to serve with coconut rice? It is one side dish that tastes excellent with a variety of South Indian Curries like prawn ghee roast, chicken Chettinad, mutton stew, or any other fish curry. For a pure vegan meal, you can serve it with dal, or any other vegetarian curry. I like to enjoy it on its own on busy weekdays for a quick lunch. You can pack it for kids’ school lunch boxes. Easy to eat, digest, carry around and remains fresh for hours.
How To Store
I prefer making a large batch of coconut rice and storing it in the refrigerator. Transfer the leftover fried rice to an airtight container. Seal and store in the refrigerator for 1 week. Reheat in a microwave before eating or in a frying pan.
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