Coconut Rice (Kobbari Annam)

 

Ingredients:

Rice - 500 gms

Ghee 3-4 spns

Oil - 2 spns

Salt according to taste
Turmeric - pinch
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 spns

Elachi - 10

Cloves - 6-8

Cinnamon - 1 inch

Jeera Powder - 2 spns

Dhaniya - 2 spns

Preparation:

1. Clean and soak rice in water for 15 minutes.
2. Heat ghee and oil in a cooking vessel on medium heat, add Cinnamon stick, cloves, elachi  and fry for few seconds. 
3. Add Jeera powder, Dhaniya powder, ginger garlic paste and fry till rawness is gone.
4. Add a pinch of turmeric and salt according to taste.
5. Drain rice, add rice to the cooking vessel and fry 1-2 minutes.
6. Add coconut milk and water (rice and coconut milk+water is 1:2 ratio). Bring to a boil.
7. Simmer heat after boil, place lid and cook till rice is done.

How to extract coconut milk:

1. Grind coconut with 2 glasses of water to a fine paste. Strain milk using strainer..
2. After extracting milk, grind the coconut milk for the second time also.
3. Keep the coconut milk aside.