The magic of devouring freshly made coconut herb rice with sides of your choice on a hot summer afternoon is priceless. Let’s learn to make this simple yet flavourful dish by following these simple steps below. However, if you are really not up for cooking at the moment, and yet have the hearty meal to soothe your soul, good news is you can always order it online. Now order coconut herb rice online in Mumbai using oneapp.
For those who are ready with your pots and pans now, let’s get cooking.
INGREDIENTS FOR COCONUT HERB RICE
- One small ginger: finely grated
- 2 garlic cloves: crushed
- 1 tsp sugar
- A pinch of mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp of coconut oil or vegetable oil
- 250ml coconut milk
- 2 cups of lukewarm water
- 3-4 dried red chillies
- 3 limes: juice and zest kept aside
- 1medium sized tomato: diced
- Some curry leaves
- 4 cups of cooked long-grain Basmati rice = 400gms uncooked rice
- 100gms of mint and coriander leaves: finely chopped
- Some roasted peanuts
- Salt to taste
METHOD OF PREPARING COCONUT HERB RICE
- Grind the ginger, salt and sugar into a smooth paste.
- In a pressure cooker, put oil and temper it with mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chillies.
- Add the ginger, salt and sugar paste and cook it for a minute.
- Add in the tomatoes.
- Now put the uncooked rice and stir for a while.
- Now add in coconut milk, lime zest and juice
- Stir well and add lukewarm water
- Pressure cook it upto 2 whistles
- When the rice is cooked. Check the seasoning and add the chopped mint and coriander leaves
- Stor well
- Put the flame off
- Garnish it with roasted peanuts
- Serve it fresh and warm with sides of your choice.
Whether you have ordered coconut herb rice online or prepared it at home, enjoy the bowlful of the scrumptious meal now and let us know if you like it or not in the comments below.
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