Kobbari Rice/Coconut rice

Kobbari Rice/Coconut rice

Yet another very easy to make rice recipe especially when you have lots of coconut at home and don’t know what to do with it  . This month is actually the month of poojas . Poor god!! He gets only coconuts to eat. So there was pooja at my home on Tuesday and Friday (today) and lots of left over coconuts, I couldn’t find better utilization of them after making chutney too  . Here is the recipe

INGREDIENTS :-

Basmati rice :- 3 cups

Coconut :- remove from shell. Use fresh one as it releases milk when ground )

Ginger-garlic paste :- 2 teaspoons

Cloves :- 2-3

Japatri /Nutmeg :-1 crushed

Salt :- as required

Oil:- 1 tablespoon

METHOD :-

1. In a pressure pan add oil , add ginger-garlic paste , crushed cloves an crushed nutmeg and fry until raw smell goes away.
2. Wash basmati rice and for 3 cups of rice add just 1 1/2 cup water.
3. Add scraped coconut and salt and mix well.
4. Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Do not over boil.