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Narali Bhat Recipe | Sweet Coconut Rice Recipe

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This Narali bhat recipe is easy and the great thing about narali bhat is that you can have it as breakfast or main course or even as dessert. Naral means coconut and bhat is rice so the literal translation of narali bhat is coconut rice. We have adapted our recipe to make it into an easy one pot dish. Typically, narali bhat or coconut rice is made on the full moon day of the Indian Shravan month. But, this easy recipe can be enjoyed on any day of the year.

The Narali bhat recipe for coconut rice calls only for 6 ingredients – rice, coconut milk, jaggery, cloves and ghee. Feel free to skip the additional ingredients if you don’t have them. Adding cashews, raisins, saffron, cinnamon and cardamom will enhance its taste.

The two most important tip of Narali bhat Recipe to ensure that you have the perfect rice is:

  1. Stir  intermittently so that rice doesn’t stick to the bottom while the rice is cooking.
  2. Stir delicately so that the rice doesn’t break.
Narali bhat
Coconut rice

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Narali bhat recipe

Narali bhat

Sweet coconut rice made with coconut milk, nuts, raisins and spices
5 from 7 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert, Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 people
Calories 897 kcal

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • On medium heat, melt ghee in a pan.
  • Add cardamom pods, cinnamon and cloves and sauté for a minute.
  • Add rice and sauté for 5 minutes.
  • Add coconut milk, salt and cardamom powder and bring to a boil.
  • Add saffron, raisins and nuts. (optional)
  • Cover and cook until rice is cooked through and liquid disappears, stirring intermittently so that rice doesn't stick to the bottom.
  • Add grated jaggery.
  • Stir gently so you don't break the grains of rice.
  • Cover for a minute and lower the flame. The heat will help jaggery melt.
  • Stir gently to incorporate the jaggery in the rice and cook till liquid disappears.
  • Serve warm with more ghee.

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Narali bhat
Amount Per Serving
Calories 897 Calories from Fat 360
% Daily Value*
Fat 40g62%
Saturated Fat 31g194%
Cholesterol 6mg2%
Sodium 74mg3%
Potassium 503mg14%
Carbohydrates 127g42%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 68g76%
Protein 10g20%
Calcium 86mg9%
Vitamin C 2mg2%
Iron 7mg39%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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By FoodLifeAndMoney in August, 2020

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