Coconut Milk Rice Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

Coconut Milk Rice/Thengai Pal Sadam – a mild flavored rice with coconut milk,cashews, ghee and tempering. Coconut milk is known for its health benefits, including it regularly in kids diet is a good way to improve their bone strength and immunity to fight diseases.

This rice is one of the tasty and healthy rice variety which is just apt for kids. Adding vegetables to coconut milk rice is totally optional, it tastes great even plain but I have added assorted vegetables to make it more nutrient rich. You can simply serve this coconut milk rice with curd or any vegetable curry of your choice. Coconut milk rice can be given to babies from 10 months once they start eating all family foods.

Here is how to make easy coconut milk rice recipe for babies, toddlers and kids.

Coconut Milk Rice Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

Coconut Milk Rice- A one pot meal made with rice,coconut milk and ghee. Nutritious lunch/dinner for kids.

Author: Kalyani

Recipe type: Rice/Biryani

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

• Rice - 1 cup
• Big Onion - 1 medium sized
• Green chili - 1
• Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp
• Chopped Vegetables* -1/2 cup
• Coconut Milk - 1.5 cups
• Salt - as required

To temper

• Ghee- 2 tbsp
• Bay leaves - 1
• Cloves -2
• Cinnamon - a small piece
• cumin seeds - ½ tsp
• Cashews - 1.5 tbsp
• * I have used carrots, beans and green peas

Instructions

1. Extract coconut milk from grated coconut. Wash and chop all vegetables(if using) into cubes. Slice onions finely. Slit green chilies. Set aside. Wash rice in running water 2-3 times and soak it in water for 20 minutes.
2. Heat a pressure cooker with ghee. Add bay leaves,cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds. Let cumin seeds crackle. Then add cashews and fry them until golden brown.
3. Now add in chopped onions along with ginger garlic paste & green chilli. Saute them nicely until golden brown.Once onions becomes transparent , add chopped vegetables and toss them nicely for 3 minutes.
4. Add soaked rice and give a quick stir. Then add coconut milk.
5. Mix well, add required salt at this stage. Bring it to a boil. Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with more ghee if required.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 3

3.5.3226

Preparation :

1. Extract coconut milk from grated coconut. Wash and chop all vegetables(if using) into cubes. Slice onions finely. Slit green chilies. Set aside. Wash rice in running water 2-3 times and soak it in water for 20 minutes.

Method:

1. Heat a pressure cooker with ghee. Add bay leaves,cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds. Let cumin seeds crackle. Then add cashews and fry them until golden brown.

 2. Now add in chopped onions along with ginger garlic paste & green chilli. Saute them nicely until golden brown.Once onions becomes transparent , add chopped vegetables and toss them nicely for 3 minutes.

 3. Add soaked rice and give a quick stir. Then add coconut milk.

 4. Mix well, add required salt at this stage. Bring it to a boil. Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with more ghee if required.

 Coconut milk rice is ready!