Kobbari Thalimpu Annam(White Coconut Rice)

This is one of the  very easy and quick preparing recipe.In festival days especially in Devi Navarathrulu we prepare it as prasadam.This Kobbari annam(coconut rice)is white in colour and  ghee smell tempts us  to eat eagerly.Adding cashew nuts and dals are increases the tasty of the recipe.So that fry  correctly till they  become to golden colour.

Ingredients

rice	1 cup
grated coconut	1/2 cup
ghee	5 spoons
mustard seeds	1/4 spoon
cumin seeds	1/4 spoon
urad dal	1/4 spoon
chana dal	1/2 spoon
cashew nuts	1/4 cup
curry leaves	few
green chillies	5
salt	to taste

 Preparation

Take a fresh coconut and grate it .Do not use frozen coconut.
Wash the rice 2 times and drain the water and add 2 cups of water and cook in the pressure cooker and cooking vessel till rice become soft(not so soft).
Keep to cool.
Wash curry leaves and keep aside.

Method

1.Take a cooking vesssel or kadai.Put on the flame.
2.When kadai is heated add ghee.
3.When ghee is melted add mustard seeds.fry till they started to splutter.
4.Then add cumin seeds,urad dal and chana dal and fry till dals become to light golden colour.
5.Add cashew nuts and fry till it become to light golden colour.
6.Add chopped green chilli pieces and curry leaves.
7.Then add grated coconut and put off the flame.
8.The vessel heat is enough to fry the grated coconut.If you fry on the flame, the grated coconut colour may be changed(not remains in white colour).
9.Then add cooked rice  and salt and mix all well.
10. Take care when mixing the rice and grated coconut that should be mixed well.
11.Taste the salt. If salt is not enough add some more salt and mix all well.
12.This rice is very tasty and easy to prepare as prasadams also.This is one of the  parasadams in Navaratri Naivedyalu.....

Keep in the mind

We can add ginger pieces at the time of seasonings.Adding ginger is optional.
Add coriander leaves also.Finely chopped coriander leaves add at the end of the recipe.
Do not fry grated coconut and cooked rice that may be change the colour of the recipe.Add rice only after put off the flame.