Urad dhal Coconut Rice, Coconut rice Recipe, Thengaai satham, ulunthu thengaai satham recipe - Kuzhali samaiyalarai

Coconut Rice is a super tasty variety rice recipe using coconut. We make few different ways to make the coconut rice. already I have shared the regular coconut rice recipe here in our blog. please check the below link for the recipe.

Coconut rice

But here to give additional twist , taste and flavour I have added urad dhal to the coconut rice which takes the regular coconut rice to next level. It makes the rice more healthy, tasty and flavourful.

Ok now coming to the side dish for this rice. As it is mild and not spicy one, spicier fry like potato fry or sweet potato/tapioca/arbi fry suits best. Even vatical/vadam/chips also goes very well with this scrumptious rice.

I have already shared few other variety rice recipes too like lemon rice, tamarind rice , mint rice etc., Do click the respective names below to check the recipe.

• Urad dhal rice||Ulunthu paruppu sadam
• Tamarind Rice/Puli Satham/Puliyodarai
• Coconut Rice(Thengaai Sadam)
• Lemon Rice
• Tomato Rice
• Vegetable Fried Rice
• Parsely Butter Rice
• Schezwan Fried Rice

Ok now let's move on to the recipe.

VIDEO RECIPE:

URAD DHAL COCONUT RICE

SOAKING TIME: 1 hr | PREPARATION TIME: 5 MINS | COOKING TIME: 10 MINS

AUTHOR: KUZHALIS SAMAIYALARAI

RECIPE TYPE: MAIN

CUISINE: SOUTH INDIAN

SERVES: 2 PERSONS

INGREDIENTS:

                              

                    1/2 cup grated coconut

                    1 1/2 cup Cooked Rice
                    1/4 cup urad dhal
                    2 green chillis
                    asafoetida
                    1 tablespoon oil
                    1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
                    1 teaspoon channa dhal
                    1 tablespoon roasted peanuts
                    Few cashew

                    Salt to taste
                    Few curry leaves 

                      

                                                                        

PREPARATION:

Soak the urad dhal in water for 1 hour.

Grate or chop the coconut into small pieces(remove the brown part) and keep it ready.

Cook the rice into fluffy and mix 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and mix well. Let the rice to cool down completely.

Chop the cashews into small pieces and keep it ready.

METHOD:

Drain the water from the dhal completely. Then grind the dhal along with green chilli, and little salt into coarse paste with out adding water. Use pulse option in the mixer grinder.

Grind the coconut pieces(if chopped) into coarse and keep it ready.

In a pan add coconut oil and let it heat. add mustard seeds and let it splutter. then add the Channa dhal, peanuts, cashews.

Saute till the dhal roasts well.

Then add the ground urad dhal paste , and curry leaves.

Saute in low medium flame till the urad dhal mixture becomes crumble.

At first the uradh dhal paste may stick slightly on the pan, sauté continuously, then it will starts to become crumble and cook completely.

once the urad dhal is cooked , add the coconut gratings/ground coconut and sauté  for 11/2 - 2 mins.

No need to make the colour to change, just to remove the moisture from the coconut we need to sauté.

Then add salt and mix well. Remove from heat and add the prepared coconut urad dhal mixture into the cooled rice and mix well.

Don't give pressure and mash the rice, just mix gently till everything comes together.

check for salt and add if required.

Now tasty urad dhal coconut rice is ready , serve with any spicy fry/poriyal or with Latham /vadam.

NOTES:

• Cook the rice as fluffy, the rice should not be mushy.
• You can even use basmati rice too.(But pacha arisi tastes good)
• Adjust the spiciness by adding/reducing the green chillis
• Adding peanuts and cashews gives nice crunchiness to the rice.
• Using coconut oil gives nice flavour, any oil can also be used
• You can even add 1 or 2 broken red chilli too while tempering.
• Don't mix the coconut mixture in hot rice to avoid the mushy rice.
• Sauting the coconut gives nice flavour and taste to the coconut rice
• Don't grind the urad dhal into smooth paste, to avoid sticking with the pan.
• The urad dhal mixture should be crumble before adding coconut.
• While grating coconut dont use the brown part to get nice even white coloured coconut rice .

STEP BY STEP RECIPE PHOTOS:

Drain the water from the dhal completely. Then grind the dhal along with green chilli, and little salt into coarse paste with out adding water. Use pulse option in the mixer grinder.

Grind the coconut pieces(if chopped) into coarse and keep it ready.

In a pan add coconut oil and let it heat. add mustard seeds and let it splutter. then add the Channa dhal, peanuts, cashews.

Saute till the dhal roasts well.

Then add the ground urad dhal paste , and curry leaves.

Saute in low medium flame till the urad dhal mixture becomes crumble.

At first the uradh dhal paste may stick slightly on the pan, sauté continuously, then it will starts to become crumble and cook completely.

once the urad dhal is cooked , add the coconut gratings/ground coconut and sauté  for 11/2 - 2 mins.

No need to make the colour to change, just to remove the moisture from the coconut we need to sauté.

Then add salt and mix well. Remove from heat and add the prepared coconut urad dhal mixture into the cooled rice and mix well.

Don't give pressure and mash the rice, just mix gently till everything comes together.

check for salt and add if required.

Now tasty urad dhal coconut rice is ready , serve with any spicy fry/poriyal or with vathal /vadam.