Quick & Easy Coconut Rice

This is a quick and easy recipe which I always prefer for a lunch box and very yummy when accompanied by potato fry or cauliflower fry. 

Ingredients:

Rice: two cups boiled and dont make it soggy and should be in the tempo for friedrice

Fresh Coconut scraped : one cup

Mustard seeds: 1/4 teaspoon

Split channa dhal: 1 teaspoon

Split Urad dhal:  1 teaspoon

Garlic: 6 cloves chopped or sliced

Cashew nuts : 6 nos broken into two (Optional)

Whole red chilies: 5 nos broken into two

Asafoetida powder: 1/4 spoon

Curry leaves

Salt to taste 

Cooking Oil: 2 tablespoons

Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

1. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and then urad dhal, channa dhal, chashew and when it changes colour, add the garlic and fry for a minute and add the red chilies and curry leaves and asafoetida powder  and coconut and fry well for 2 minutes and dont burn the coconut to brown colour and add enough salt and rice and mix well.

2. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Enjoy yummy yummy coconut rice with potato fry:)