Description
Basmati rice fried in ghee with sauteed onions and spices, cooked in flavorful coconut milk. This fancy rice dish is served at weddings and other special occasions. (Coconut Milk Rice / Thengai Paal Satham / Thengai pal Sadam )| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Basmati rice |
| 2 nos | Onion (cut lengthwise) |
| 2 nos | Green chilli (slit open) |
| 3 clove | Garlic (crushed) |
| 1 cup | Fresh coconut milk (consistency thick) |
| 1 cup | Water |
| ¼ cup | Ghee |
| 2 nos | Bay leaf |
| 2 nos | Cinnamon |
| 3 clove | Cloves |
| 3 nos | Cardamon |
| 1 no | Star anise |
| ½ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| ¼ tsp | Fennel seeds |
| 6 nos | Cashews |
| 10 nos | Curry leaves |
| ½ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
Instructions
Wash and drain rice and let dry completely in a kitchen towel. Now heat 2 tsp of ghee in a pot and fry the rice over medium flame for few minutes and keep it aside. In the same pot heat the remaining ghee and toast all the dry masala like bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamon,cloves, star anise, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cashews and fresh curry leaves. Saute onions, green chillies and garlic along with this for few minutes until they turn soft and tender. (do not brown them, cook on low flame)
Now mix fried basmati rice with 1 cup of coconut milk, 1 cup of water, sauteed onion masala mixture, salt and cook everything together in a rice cooker. When done, let cool, mix little ghee and garnish with fresh curry leaves and serve.
Notes
Tip: When the dish is done, instead of adding ghee directly over rice, slightly heat in a microwave with some fresh curry leaves and then pour over rice and mix gently using a soft flat laddle.
17 Comments
Hi Mullai
I tried Ghee rice by seeing ur reciepe….
It came out well….my Hubby wants for more…
really Thanks a lot for ur reciepe
Perfect proportions! I tried this recipe without changing anything. It came out very well. Thanks Mullai!!
-Suja
Hi Mullai ,
I tried this recipe and it smelled and tasted very good . But the rice was a little bit dry (not soft). Usually I soak the basmati rice in water for 20 mins before I proceed .. Can I do the same for this too ? Can I use store bought coconut milk for this recipe ?
Thanks
PriyaS
dear mullai
please advise what is the masala mixture in this dish
as i couldnt find in the ingrediants list
sleshar
Masala mixture is nothing but the fried onion with all whole garam masala.
Hi Mrs Mullai, I just got myself registered a week ago,i have tried a dozen of your recipes,and all have turned out delicious and my husband loved it,especially your vegetable briyani. Anyway i have a question regarding this recipe, in the ingredients table it says 1 cup of rice,but in the Instructions its written mix 2 cups of fried basmati rice.So is it 1 cup or 2 cup of rice for this recipe. Your reply is very much appreciated and one more thing I am your FAN,everyday i check your website for new recipes,thank you so much.
Hi Latha, Got it fixed, it has to be 1 cup of rice. Thanks dear.
Hi Mrs Mullai, I tried this for lunch today with your Navarathna kurma,came out very well and superb.Thank you so much for your quick reply and the recipes.
What do you serve this with?
Who am I replying to??????????? any gravy dish would go well. Pepper Chicken curry would be perfect.
Oooh…that sounds good. Since I’m veg, can I make that with vazhakkai?
Nice name!!!! Vazhakkai pepper curry sounds ok, but not for this rice dish. Try any paneer, tofu, potato, Bell pepper side dishes.
i need the recipe of prawn kulambu (andhra style)
Please post this under recipe request.
i need coconut rice not ghee rice
Your request says coconut milk rice and this is how you make it, check on the ingredients. Ghee gives a special taste to this recipe and hence its popularly called ghee rice in most restaurants. If you are looking for Thengai satham which is entirely a different preparation, then you got wait until its posted.
This is a very good recipe…simple, easy and yummy!! Thanks!