Thengai Saadam (Spiced Coconut Rice) Recipe Step By Step

To begin making Thengai Saadam (Spiced Coconut Rice), wash and bring to temperature the rice.Spread the cooked rice on a plate and fluff up a bit.Tip: It helps if you have cooked rice made ahead – the cooled rice works wonderfully well. In a wok, toss in cooking oil & the ghee and splutter mustard, hing, urad dal, broken chillies, cashews, curry leaves and shallow fry till cashews turn golden brown. Turn the flame to low and toss in the grated coconut till the cooking oil leaves the coconut and the mixture turns honeyed-smelling. Turn off the stove.

toss in seasoning and cool. Now toss in the cooled and fluffed rice to the wok.incorporate well and enjoy a mixing bowl of Thengai Saadam (Spiced Coconut Rice) with curd or kurma.