Coconut Rice

Ingredients

1. Rice (preferably Pulav rice) 1 cup
2. Grated coconut 1 1/2 to 2 cups
3. Urad Dal 2 table spoons
4. mustard seeds 1 t spoon
5. Red chillies 2
6. Green chillies 2
7. Curry leaves few for garnishing
8. Asofotida one or two pinches
9. urad pappad one or two (optional)
10. cooking oil 1 table spoon
11. ghee one t spoon (optional)
12. salt to taste (around 1 t spoon)
    

Cook the Rice and keep it separately. Pulav rice will be better. use 1:1 & 1/2 cup water to cook rice. If it is normal rice use 1 : 2 ratio of rice to water.
Take a Frying pan (kadai or iluppa chatti)
Pour the oil into the pan and add the mustard seeds and broken red chilllies. when it splutters add the urad dal. when it turns light brown , add the asafotida powder and the raw pappad (break it into small pieces and add).Let the pappad pieces get fried in the oil. Now add the cut green chillies and also curry leaves. add the grated coconut and fry for 5 minutes. Add salt . Mix well and add the ghee.
Switch off the stove.
Take a basin or a wide open vessel and spread the cooked rice. Add the coconut mixture and mix well. Coconut rice is ready.