Coconut Milk Rice Recipe - How To Make Coconut Rice | South Indian Rice Recipe By Sneha Nair

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: coconut cream + water

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

pandan leaves

💰Cheaper: vanilla extract

Vanilla extract provides a similar aroma.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with a different flavor profile.

Take a thick bottomed pan and add some coconut oil.

Once the oil heats up, add half a teaspoon of mustard seeds.

Add 2 to 3 bay leaves, 1 star anise, 3 pieces of cardamom, and 4-5 pieces of cloves to the pan and let them roast in the oil.

Add 5 to 10 curry leaves and 3 to 4 slit green chillies, mixing it up.

Add 1 sliced onion to the pan and some salt to taste.

Add 1 cup of washed basmati rice to the pan and mix it with the onions on low flame.

Add 1 cup of coconut milk and 1 cup of water to the pan, following the rice to water ratio of 1:2, but using coconut milk instead of water.

Cover the pan and leave it for 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, check on the coconut rice and give it a good mix.

Switch off the gas once all the water has dried out.

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