Coconut Rice | Flavored rice cooked in coconut milk

Coconut rice a traditional South Indian recipe. It's an easy one pot rice recipe cooked with flavorful tempering and creamy coconut milk. It goes really well with spicy potato curry or chicken curries. I make this easy dish when I am not in a mood for elaborate cooking. I use ready made coconut cream, you can also make it with fresh milk extracted from grated coconut.

Ingredients:

Rice : 1 cup

Onion : 1 finely chopped

Garlic : 3-4 cloves finely chopped

Ginger : 1 inch finely chopped

Green chillies : 2

Thin Coconut milk : 2 cups

Coconut oil: 1 tbsp

Cinnamon: 1 stick

Clove : 2

Cardamom: 2 

Peppercorns: 5-6

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes, drain water and keep it aside. 

2. Heat oil in the pressure cooker add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and pepper and fry until the oil is fragrant.

3. Add garlic and ginger and sauté until the raw smell disappears. Add onion and green chillies and fry until onions turn translucent.

4. Mix in rice and fry it for 2 mins, add coconut milk and salt and pressure cook for 2 whistles.

5. Mix and serve with chicken or veg stew.

Notes: 

1. You can replace coconut oil with vegetable oil.