Coconut Rice with Vegetable kurma

Comfort food, Coconut rice is flavorful rice mildly spiced, tasty one pot meal so easy to cook

Rice dishes cooks fast in pressure cooker, this one pot meal is a quick rice dish can be made in a jiffy, Being a south Indian I love coconut rice and many other Quick rice dishes on my Blog

I have made this coconut rice along with Vegetable kurma, this is also a great combo as the rice is mildly spiced it goes along well with Gravy, try this quick fix easy recipe which can be made for Kids Lunch box

Ingredients for the Coconut rice:

Rice: 2 cups

Cinnamon: 1inch

Bay leaves: 2

Green chili: 2

Onion: 1

Coconut grated: ½ cup

Tomato: 2 small

Ghee 3-4 sps

Turmeric little

Salt as per taste

Method to follow:

In a blender add coconut along with green chilies add little water & make a course paste

In a pressure cooker add Ghee once heated add cinnamon & bay leaves

Then add onion julians and fry nicely, then add tomato & fry till mushy

Add washed peas & cubed potatoes mix

Add washed & drained rice & fry for 2 min, add the course coconut paste mix it nicely

Add 4 cups water & close the lid, put the Pressure whistle & cook for 2 whistles

Once the cooker releases pressure, open & fluff it with a fork

Flavourfull Coconut Rice is ready for lunch enjoy it with Veggie Kurma gravy 

Vegetable Kurma side dish for Chapati/Roti or ac-compliment for rice

This is a dish which has gravy along with mixed vegetables mildly spiced try this colorful side dish

Kurma perfect side dish with Roti for Breakfast or as a meal with Rice

Ingredients:

Potato: 1

Cauliflower florets: 1cup

Carrot cubed: 2

Fresh green peas: 1cup

Tomato: 1

Oil: 3sps

Mustard seeds:1 tsp

Curry leaves few

Aachi garam masala: 1sp

For the masala

Onion: 1 roughly chopped

Coconut grated: 1/2 cup

Red chilies: 4-5

Coriender leaves: 1/2 cup

Khuskhus: 2sps

Cook the vegetables in a pressure cooker and keep aside

Make a paste of onion ,coconut & Red chilies, khuskhus & coriender leaves with little water & keep aside

Then In a pan add Oil when heated add mustard seeds & curry leaves

Then add Onion & sauté Add Tomato & cook till soft (Add little salt so that tomatoes will soften)

Add all cooked Veggies & give it a mix,

Then add this prepared paste (blended) & mix well

Add garam masala & cook with lid for 2 min

Adjust salt & add more water if you want to make it Gravy consistency

Vegetable Kurma is ready enjoy with meals.