🥥 Indian-Style Coconut Rice 🌶️🍚 An Ital Recipe 👨‍🍳

justinparke (67)in #lifestyle • 4 years ago

You can barely call this coconut rice a side dish because it is so delicious all by itself, but it's also a really nice compliment to a wide variety of dishes.

🥥🌶️ Coconut Rice 🌶️🍚

^{so nice you'll want to eat it twice}

This is my version of a classic South Indian dish with a few Suriname twists, mostly substitutions because Suriname doesn't have a lot of ingredients. This recipe is much tastier if you can replace the raw peanuts with cashews, but they are just too expensive here, so we make do with what we have.

I recently published a post celebrating the rediscovering of curry leaves here in Suriname, and now with a steady but distant supply, I am making some of my favorite recipes again. The first one I wanted to share with you is a Khmerican Family Abroad classic, this super-duper coconut rice.

🥥🥜 Coconut Rice Ingredients 🌶️🌿

cooked brown rice | 2x cups
shredded or grated fresh coconut | 1x cup
toor dal or masoor dal | 1x tbsp
yellow mustard seeds | 1x tsp
cumin seeds | ½ tsp
fresh red chilies | 3x
green chili (not spicy) | 1x
curry leaves | 10x or more
ginger | 1x tbsp
hing (asafoetida) | ⅛ tsp
raw peanuts | 2x tbsp
salt | to taste

👨‍🍳 Let's Start Cookin' 🔥

STEP 1

Preheat a wok on a low flame and place the dal/lentils in the wok. Stir often while toasting the lentils until they are fragrant and browned.

STEP 2

Add 2 tablespoons of oil the wok once the lentils are toasted, increase the flame a little bit, and add the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fresh red chilies, and hing. Fry until the mustard seeds being to pop and the cumin seeds brown a bit.

If you need to, add a small spoon of water to the wok while frying if you fear your spices are close to burning.

STEP 3

Now add the green chilies, ginger, curry leaves, and peanuts, and begin stir-frying until the everything is fragrant.

STEP 4

Increase the flame to medium and add the shredded coconut meat and desired salt. Quickly stir-fry the coconut meat with the spices until the coconut smells good and is toasted a bit.

STEP 5

Admire what you've done so far and take in the smells, and increase the flame to high.

STEP 6

Add the rice and stir-fry a few minutes until the rice is heated all the way and steaming. Turn off the stove and transfer the coconut rice to a serving dish.

Enjoy with rasam, sambar, curries, or even all by itself. Sometimes we fry some tempeh and add it to make this a quick and complete meal, but it really is a delicious snack all by itself.