How to make coconut rice?

This is a South Indian recipe. Fried coconut and cashew-nuts are added to boiled rice and garnished with ghee and coriander leaves.

Ingredients

Basmati rice....................................2 cup

Coconut..........................................1 cup (crushed)

Ghee...............................................4tbs

Gram daal.......................................4tbs

Dry red chili....................................3 pc

Curry leaves...................................6-7

Almond..........................................4-5 (roughly chopped)

Cahew-nut.....................................4-5 (roughly chopped)

Raisin.............................................4-5

Asafoetida.......................................a pinch

Coriander leave.............................2tbs (finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Method

1. Wash and boil rice and keep aside.

2. Heat 2 tbs ghee in a cooking pan, add crushed coconut, stir on low flame till golden brown. Keep aside.

3. Heat 3 tsp of ghee in a same pan, add cashew-nuts, almond and raisin, fry till golden brown and remove.

4. Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram daal, and curry leaves well.

5. Mix rice, coconut, dry fruits, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt in a serving bowl.

6. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.