Discovering Coconut rice

Delicious coconut rice for luncheon....

   This weekend I discovered a new delicacy namely  coconut rice… I travelled to Fort Kochi and found a moderate, clean restaurant called Mareena in Fort Kochi. I went upstairs to the comfortable seats on the first floor overlooking the splendid stretch of sea. I looked through the menu and found the dish Coconut rice and ordered it with butter chicken. The dish is prepared with fried thin slices of fresh coconut and served with the garnish of long slices of toasted coconut among the long grains of white rice. The quaint taste of sauted coconut and mild spices leave a lingering taste in the mouth of the rice eaters. The dish is a truly nice pick for lunch on hot sunny days.             

Coconut rice recipe

• Cook rice and cool completely.
• Heat ghee or oil in a pan, add cumin, mustard, dals and cashews. When the dal turns golden, green chili, curry leaves and dried red chili. Sprinkle hing.
• Toast the coconut. Add coconut, rice and salt. Off the heat. Stir all the ingredients and warm it. 
• Serve coconut rice with a curry or yogurt.
• Adding sauted pineapple pieces can also improve the taste easily.

                                 

Try the delicacy with buttered chicken or Chicken roast for a perfect lunch. 


Seated comfortably in the half open Mareena restaurant I truly enjoyed my weekend lunch tasting Coconut rice and alternatively glancing at the huge cargo ships and containers gliding along the surfing waves of the rough Arabian sea. 


This weekend lunch was a maritime experience of fresh flavours, new tastes and rich experience.  


Mareena restaurant is truly inexpensive and has plenty of delicacies waiting to be discovered by the shrewd and adventurous diners picking the breezy maritime restaurants for divine luncheon within the budget. Do not miss out on this restaurant while visiting Kochi, coastal Kerala.