Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, indian inspired coconut rice.. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Indian inspired coconut rice. is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Indian inspired coconut rice. is something which I have loved my whole life.
In south India, coconut rice is a favorite and is made during festivals like Pongal and Navratri. Some of the naivedyam or prasad, we were served in South Indian temples were sweet Pongal, Curd rice and coconut rice. The Pongal and curd rice were so good that till today I have not been able to recreate the same magical taste and flavor. A wonderfully aromatic preparation of long grained basmati rice, gently simmered in coconut milk, delicately perfumed with fragrant whole spices of cinnamon, clove and cardamom and finally, topped off with crispy fried onions is a delight for the senses.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have indian inspired coconut rice. using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Indian inspired coconut rice.:
- Make ready 1 Basmati rice
- Take 1 Coconut cream
- Get 1 salt and pepper
- Take 1 chopped spring onions
- Make ready 1 chopped garlic clove
- Prepare 1 frozen peas
- Make ready 1 tsp garam masala
- Make ready 2 cardomom pods
- Take 1 fresh thyme
This simple yet delicious coconut rice is flavorful and easy to make. Think of fried rice, mushroom rice, pepper rice, just to name a few. This South Indian version of coconut rice needs to have one most important thing - tempering (tadka). Tempering is cracking mustard seeds, few dals (or Indian lentils), curry leaves and dried red chilies in oil for the flavor and taste.
Instructions to make Indian inspired coconut rice.:
- Wash rice to get rid of starch.
- Place coconut cream in pan with the peas, garlic, cardomom pods, thyme and salt and pepper. Coconut cream usually comes out of the carton semi solid, so as it melts in the pan, add equal amounts of water so you end up with half and half. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add washed rice and garam masala to the pan and cover with a lid. The liquid level should be enough to be absorbed by the rice and cook thouroughly. I have left the quantities out of this as it would depend on how much rice you want.
- when the rice is nearly done, add the spring onions and stir.
- When rice is cooked, serve with a garnish, I used almonds and more chopped spring onion but coriander would be nice also.
This South Indian version of coconut rice needs to have one most important thing - tempering (tadka). Tempering is cracking mustard seeds, few dals (or Indian lentils), curry leaves and dried red chilies in oil for the flavor and taste. This south indian coconut rice has a very simple tempering of curry leaves, cashews, mustard seeds and lentils. These ingredients are most commonly used in a lot of recipes from south India and so this is no different. Once you have pre-cooked rice read to go, it's just a matter of few minutes to put it all together.
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