Thengai sadam/coconut rice
Thengai sadam/coconut rice

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, thengai sadam/coconut rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

South Indian Thengai Sadam Recipe is a simple and flavorful rice made from freshly grated coconut and spices that can be prepared in a very short time. The Coconut Rice is a traditional South Indian dish that makes a perfect lunch box and can be put together in a matter of minutes, especially during the maddening morning rush hours. Coconut rice (Thengai sadam) This South Indian coconut rice is super quick to make if you have some precooked rice, tempering spices & grated fresh coconut. Serve it with any curry or plain yogurt.

Thengai sadam/coconut rice is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Thengai sadam/coconut rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have thengai sadam/coconut rice using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Thengai sadam/coconut rice:
  1. Take 1 cup cooked rice
  2. Take 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
  3. Get 1 tbsp coconut oil
  4. Make ready 1 tsp mustard seeds
  5. Get 1 tsp cumin seeds
  6. Get 1 tsp chana dal
  7. Prepare 1 tsp urad dal
  8. Take 1 green chilli chopped
  9. Prepare 2 whole red chilli
  10. Take 9-10 cashew nuts
  11. Prepare 1 pinch hing
  12. Get 5-6 curry leaves
  13. Prepare to taste Salt

Today's recipe, Coconut Rice is a South Indian Classic Traditional Recipe also known as Thengai Sadam. "Thengai" refers to coconut in Tamil. It is one of those quick and easy rice recipes or Kalandha Sadam that can be made with less prep work and yet feed a crowd. Coconut Rice / Easy Coconut Rice recipe/ Thengai Sadam Coconut rice is a popular South Indian Rice dish, which is quite flavourful. Although it is prepared with simple ingredients, Coconut rice has great depth of flavours from the toasted coconut and spices.

Instructions to make Thengai sadam/coconut rice:
  1. Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
  2. Add 1tsp mustard seeds,1tsp cumin seeds,5-6 curry leaves,1 tsp urad dal,1tsp chana dal,a pinch of hing to hot oil.
  3. When seeds starts spluttering add chopped green chilli,2 whole red chilli,9-10 cashew nuts and fry till cashew turns lightly brown.
  4. Add 1/2 cup grated coconut and cook for 2-3 minutes,until coconut turns light brown.
  5. Now add salt to taste and cooked rice to the mixture.
  6. Mix everything together.
  7. Serve the coconut rice hot with rasam or curd.

Coconut Rice / Easy Coconut Rice recipe/ Thengai Sadam Coconut rice is a popular South Indian Rice dish, which is quite flavourful. Although it is prepared with simple ingredients, Coconut rice has great depth of flavours from the toasted coconut and spices. It is an amazing rice dish that the whole family will enjoy. Thengai sadam/Coconut rice is Sendhil's favourite rice variety. I am not a big fan of this rice.

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