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Coconut Rice:

When making coconut rice/tomato rice/tamarind rice, spread the hot rice on a plate and leave some oil and mix it. let them cool for few minutes. this process makes the rice seperable from each other.

For Curd Rice:

When preapring it earlier(atleast by 6 hrs earlier). add milk to it when you are preparing.
so that it wont get soured. you can add 1/2 a cup of milk , if you are adding one cup of curd. or the consistency you require.

Ingredients For Coconut Rice:

1.Grated coconut - 5 spoons
2.Rice- 1 cup
3.Green Chilli-1
4.urad dal -1/2 spoon
5.Channa dal -1/2 spoon
6.mustard -1/4 spoon
7.curry leaves -8
8.corriander leaves- to garnish
9.oil -2 spoons
10.salt to taste

Method:

have one cup of boiled rice. now take a kadai and have two spoons of oil. when it is heated add mustard,curry leaves,channa dal, urad dal, green chilli-sliced vertically. when the dal turn golden color, add grated coconut and fry it for one minute, now add required salt. now add rice to the kadai and mix the mixture well with the rice. garnish it with corriander leaves.

serve hot with pappads or vathal.

Curd Rice:

Ingredients:

1.Rice-1 cup
2.Ginger-inch size
3.Green chilli-1
4.mustard seeds-1/4 spoon
5.curry leaves -8
6.Curd-1 cup
7.Milk-1/2 cup
8.salt
9.oil for seasoning

Method:

Heat a pan. add a spoon of oil,heat it and add mustard when it crackle's add curry leaves,ginger and green chillis. no w add with the rice and mix it well with the curd. add salt accordingly.

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