Coconut Rice | Thengai Sadam Recipe

Coconut Rice | Thengai Sadam Recipe

Ingredients :

Cooked Rice - 1 cup

Grated Coconut - 3/4 cup

For the Seasoning

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Bengal Gram/Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tsp

Roasted Peanuts - 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilly - 2 (cut into small pieces)

Green Chilly - 2 (finely chopped)

Curry Leaves - few 

Hing - a pinch

Cashew nuts - 5 - 8

Salt - as required

Preparation :

• Spread the cooked rice on a plate and keep it aside to become cool.
• Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds when its popup, add bengal gram, urad dal, roasted peanuts and saute it till it becomes slight brown color.
• Then add green chilly, dry red chilly, curry leaves, hing, cashew nuts and saute it for another few seconds.
• Now add grated coconut and saute it till it becomes slight brown color. Add salt as required.
• Add cooked rice and mix it well.
• Now coconut rice / thengai sadam  is ready to serve with any gravy.