2008/11/20

COCONUT MILK VEGETABLE RICE

This recipe goes to Srivalli's Rice mela event.



Here is my recipe,


INGRDIENTS :


Rice- 1 cup
Green peas-1/4 cup
Grated Carrot-1/4 cup
Green Chillies-3
Mint Leaves(Pudina),Coriander and curry leaves.
Salt to taste
Chopped Onion-1(Medium)
Cashew nuts-5
Coconut milk-1 cup
Ginger-1 small piece
Potato-2 medium,finely chopped
Cloves-3
Cinnamon sticks-3
Bay leaves-2


METHOD OF PREPARATION:


1) Heat a 3 tbsps of ghee in a kadai.Add onion,Fry then till onion becomes transparent.
2) Add cloves,bayleaves,cinnamon sticks,green chillies,Pudina,curry ,coriander leaves and finely chopped ginger.
3) Then add green peas ,potatoes and carrot.Fry them with 1 ladle of water till the raw smell goes and the vegetables are part cooked.
4) Add rice to the mixture and mix well.Then add coconut milk and a cup of water.Add salt to taste.Leave in slow flame until rice is cooked well without any water.Turn off the flame.Serve hot with raitha or any spicy vegetable kurma.

11 comments:

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Coconut milk in veggie rice is something so delectable they should have turned out rich and tasty...

Srivalli said...

Thanks for the lovely entry!

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

looks very yummy...

Sharmi said...

Hi came here as your name and surname was similar to mine:) you have a nice little blog.

Gita Jaishankar said...

I have never used coconut milk when I make pulavs. The dish looks so tasty, should definitely try your version :)

anudivya said...

I love that combo! Rice and coconut milk. My mom's best dish, I never make it that much as I eat only brown rice and it does not taste that great with it.

Unknown said...

havent tried making rice with coconut milk.Sounds rich and creamy!

Usha said...

Wow rice in coconut milk, sounds very creamy and delicious...

Vibaas said...

Nice recipe Shama. Can we use the canned coconut milk? I dont get good coconuts here to extract the milk. :(

Sanghi said...

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Sanghi said...

Great one! love ur blog. Also check out my blog and gv ur comments and suggestions.

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