Coconut Rice (Kobbari Annam)

Ingredients :

Rice -1 kg

Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 tbl spoons

Lavang - 5

Elachi - 4

Bay Leaves - 3

Cinnamon - 1

Cashew - 1/2 cup

Garam Masala - 1/2 tbl spoon

Salt - 1 1/2 spoon

Potatos - 2
(Peel Potato and cut in to pieces)

Onions - 2
(Slices)

Green chillies - 10

Oil - 2 tbl spoon

Ghee 1 tbl spoon

Coconut -1

(cut coconut pieces and grind it. Then add 2 glasses of water and filter coconut milk. Again add 2 glasses of water and then again filter coconut milk.Repeat this 2 more times (Either 3 or 4 times). We need 9 glasses of coconut milk.Sometimes we will get 6 1/2 glasses of coconut milk.Then we can add extra 2 1/2 glasses of water in coconut milk. Each glass is 250 gms)

Procedure :

1. Take Pan and add oil , ghee and heat it. Now add lavang,elachi,cinnamon fry it.

2. Then add onion slices,cashew, green chillies and fry it. Now add ginger garlic paste, garam masala and potato pieces fry until it turns brown.

3. Now add coconut milk and salt. Boil for 5 mins. Then add washed rice and mix it.

4. Now add this into electric rice cooker and wait until it cooks.

( If we want to do in pressure cooker then add only 6 glasses of coconut milk. Pressure cook in medium flame 2 whistles.)

5. Now serve coconut rice with raita.

Coconut Sweet

Ingredients :

Grated Coconut - 2 cups(250 gms)

Sweetened Condensed Milk - 150 gms

Badam - 8

Procedure :

1.Take pan and add condensed milk in that just heat it or take one bowl add condensed milk in that and heat it.

2.Now add grated coconut and mix it.When it is warm make them balls and keep each badam for each ball.

3.Take each ball and keep in both hands and press that ball slowly.

4.Now Coconut Sweet ready.

Duration Time : 10mins.

Quantity : 8

This goes to Suganya who is hosting a wonderful event “AFAM – Coconut”

Coconut Chutney

Ingredients :

Coconut (grated ) - 250 gms ( 2 tea cups)

Red chilies - 3

Mustard Seeds - pinch

Salt - to taste

Tarmarind Paste - 1/4 tbl spoon

Curry Leaves - 4

Water - Little

Oil - 1 tbl spoon

Procedure :

1.In grinder add 3 red chillies,grated coconut,salt,tarmarind paste and water.Now grind it.

2.Take Pan add oil and heat it.Now add mustard seeds,1 red chilli,curry leaves and then add in that grinded coconut.

3.Now serve with hot rice.

Coconut Chutney

Ingredients :

Coconut - 1 Cup

( Coconut Pieces or Frozen Coconut )

Green Chillies - 4

Salt - To taste

Curry Leaves - 15

Mustard Seeds - 2 tbl spoon

Oil - 1 tbl spoon

Process :

1 . Grinde Green chillies and 10 Curry leaves . Then add Coconut pieces or frozen coconut , salt and grinde it . Grinde with little water .

2. Take Pan and add oil in that . Heat the oil . In that add mustard seeds , curry leaves and fry it . Now keep that in grinded mix .