Coconut Milk Rice Recipe | Thengai Paal Sadam | Srilankan Yellow rice
Coconut milk rice is delicious, tasty, simple and easy to prepare rice made using fresh coconut milk
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice 1 cup
- Coconut Milk 1 ½ cup extrated from ½ coconut.
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Cinnamon small stick
- Cloves 2
- Bay leaf 1
- Onion 1
- [[Ginger garlic paste][https://www.namscorner.com/ginger-garlic-paste-recipe-homemade-ginger-garlic-paste/]] 1.5 tsp
- Green chilli 1 medium
- Turmeric powder ½ tsp
- Garam masala ½ tsp
- Salt as required.
Instructions
- Soak rice for 20-30 minutes.
- Take half of the coconut, scrape them as pieces and grind in mixer adding water.
- Extract the coconut milk and keep it ready.
- Take ginger garlic paste and green chilli in mixer.
- Grind them coarsely
- Heat oil and temper with cinnamon and cloves
- Add the finely chopped onions and green chilli, ginger garlic paste and saute nicely.
- Then add turmeric powder, garam masala and salt.
- Then add the extracted coconut milk.
- Once it boils, add the washed rice and pressure cook for 1 whistle in medium flame and 5 minutes in low flame.
- Once the pressure releases open the cooker and gently mix it.
- Delicious yellow rice is ready.
Notes
I add ginger garlic paste so used it. You can add 5-6 garlic and small piece of ginger if you don't have the paste.
You can use half water and half coconut milk too. I like to add full coconut milk to make it rich.
You can add some veggies too.