COCONUT RICE

Ingredients :

• 1 cup washed and cooked rice
• ½ cup fresh grated coconut
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp black gram
• 1 tsp bengal gram
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 2 slit green chilis
• 1 dry red chili broken into bits
• 2 Sprigs of curry leaves
• A pinch of asafetida

Method :

Lightly roast grated coconut in a pan, till it turns to pastel brown and emmits nice aroma. Heat oil in a wok and add mustard seeds. Once the seeds crackle add black gram, bengal gram, green and red chilis, curry leaves,asafetida and nuts. Fry till the ingredients turn to golden brown. Switch off the flame and add cooked rice, roasted coconut and salt. Mix well. Serve with chips / paapads.