Do you know what are the health benefits of Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe?
Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice has unique health benefits that include the nutrients of Coconut and Gingerly oil. Coconut is highly enriched with fiber, vitamins and minerals. Gingerly oil is highly enriched with mono and poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Also gingerly oil has less amount of saturated fats. Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) has good fat and is good for health because it reduces cholesterol. Saturated fat contains bad fat and so it is unhealthy. This is why gingerly oil is better than the other oils. When cooking coconut rice in gingerly oil, health and the taste will be extra ordinary.
Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe is a simple dish. Suppose that you have only less than half an hour time to cook. And in your kitchen if you find that you have only coconut available to prepare a dish, Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice is the best recipe to try. Of-course basic seasoning (Thazhippu) ingredients will be available in almost everyone's kitchen.
A same situation came for me today. I had coconut, eggs and some of the basic kitchen ingredients in my kitchen. So I tried this Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe and for side dish I made Egg curry. I had Flavoured Tamil Nadu Biriyani Rice (Jeeraga Samba Arisi) to prepare this dish. You can also make it with basmathi rice or normal white rice.
Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe is a simple dish. Suppose that you have only less than half an hour time to cook. And in your kitchen if you find that you have only coconut available to prepare a dish, Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice is the best recipe to try. Of-course basic seasoning (Thazhippu) ingredients will be available in almost everyone's kitchen.
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A same situation came for me today. I had coconut, eggs and some of the basic kitchen ingredients in my kitchen. So I tried this Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe and for side dish I made Egg curry. I had Flavoured Tamil Nadu Biriyani Rice (Jeeraga Samba Arisi) to prepare this dish. You can also make it with basmathi rice or normal white rice.
There are many varieties of making a coconut rice. I specifically chose to make any dishes with Tamil Nadu's special touch. Only thing that matters in specializing it as Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe are the ingredients that you add in it. Try this easy dish with the cooking procedure mentioned below.
Number of Servings - 2 Persons
Ingredients Required for preparing Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe
Cooked Rice - 2 Cups (200 grams)
Oil - 2 Table spoons
Mustard Seeds - 1 Tea spoon
Urad Dal - 1 Tea spoon
Bengal Gram - 1 Tea spoon
Cashew Nuts - 10 Pieces (chopped)
Curry Leaves - 1 Bunch
Green Chilly - 2 Nos. (Slit)
Ginger - 1 Inch Piece (Finely Chopped)
Coconut - 1 Cup (Grated)
Salt - As per taste
Preparation Procedure for Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe
1. Cook the rice with required amount of salt in a pressure cooker or in an open pan and set it aside. I usually prefer pressure cooker to prepare variety rices like this Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice.
2. Now take oil in a pan and heat it in high flame. Once the oil is hot enough add mustard seeds, urad dal, bengal gram, cashew nuts curry leaves, green chilly and ginger one after another. To get the best result of Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe, use Gingerly oil. I specifically mention this because in kerala style they use coconut oil and some others use sunflower oil.
3. After all these ingredients gets fried, sim the flame and put in the grated coconut and a teaspoon of salt. Remember that you have cooked the rice with required amount of salt. So the salt you are adding here is only for the coconut mixture.
4. Let all the ingredients to mix well. Finally add the cooked rice and mix it very well so that the flavor spreads evenly.
Now our Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice is ready to serve. Switch off the flame and transfer the contents into a serving bowl. As I said before, try this recipe along with egg curry or any other curries as side dish.
Mustard Seeds - 1 Tea spoon
Urad Dal - 1 Tea spoon
Bengal Gram - 1 Tea spoon
Cashew Nuts - 10 Pieces (chopped)
Curry Leaves - 1 Bunch
Green Chilly - 2 Nos. (Slit)
Ginger - 1 Inch Piece (Finely Chopped)
Coconut - 1 Cup (Grated)
Salt - As per taste
Preparation Procedure for Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe
1. Cook the rice with required amount of salt in a pressure cooker or in an open pan and set it aside. I usually prefer pressure cooker to prepare variety rices like this Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice.
2. Now take oil in a pan and heat it in high flame. Once the oil is hot enough add mustard seeds, urad dal, bengal gram, cashew nuts curry leaves, green chilly and ginger one after another. To get the best result of Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice Recipe, use Gingerly oil. I specifically mention this because in kerala style they use coconut oil and some others use sunflower oil.
3. After all these ingredients gets fried, sim the flame and put in the grated coconut and a teaspoon of salt. Remember that you have cooked the rice with required amount of salt. So the salt you are adding here is only for the coconut mixture.
4. Let all the ingredients to mix well. Finally add the cooked rice and mix it very well so that the flavor spreads evenly.
Now our Tamil Nadu's Special Coconut Rice is ready to serve. Switch off the flame and transfer the contents into a serving bowl. As I said before, try this recipe along with egg curry or any other curries as side dish.
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