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Garlic rice / poondu sadam in south Indian style, a very simple rice recipe perfect for using your leftover rice. Step by step detailed step wise pictures.
Not that you can make it with the fresh cooked rice. This poondu sadam/ garlic rice recipe is from a TV show I think. My MIL told the recipe over phone and asked to try it out, even she insisted to blog it here…:) So I had some leftover rice and tried this recipe today. The coconut and coconut oil used to temper adds a great flavour to this rice other than the flavor of garlic.
We make poondu milagai podi for vendhaya dosai, this was very close to it. I have added 5 chilli, as mine is mild spice. If yours is spicy, reduce acordingly. Lets see how to make spicy garlic rice.
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Garlic rice recipe
Garlic rice / poondu sadam in south Indian style, a very simple rice recipe perfect for using your leftover rice. Step by step detailed step wise pictures.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
Author Raks Anand
Servings 3
Cup measurements
Ingredients
- 2 cups Cooked rice
- 6 Garlic, flakes small variety
- 2 tablespoon Coconut grated
- 5 Red chillies Mine is mild spicy chilli
- Salt
To temper
- 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 2 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 Curry leaves sprig
Instructions
Cook rice and separate the grains. Peel garlic and fry it with few drops of oil along with red chillies until chillies get roasted.
Dry roast coconut in the same kadai and cool down all the ingredients, transfer to the mixer.
Grind it coarsely and add it to the rice. Season with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in a kadai.
Add it to the rice , add salt and mix well.
Notes
- If you use big variety garlic, reduce to 3.
- You need mouth freshener after eating this rice.
- If your chilli is spicy, reduce accordingly.
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How to make garlic rice method:
- Cook rice and separate the grains. Peel garlic and fry it with few drops of oil along with red chillies until chillies get roasted.
- Dry roast coconut in the same kadai and cool down all the ingredients, transfer to the mixer.
- Grind it coarsely and add it to the rice. Season with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in a kadai.
- Add it to the rice , add salt and mix well.
Serve hot with vadams/ poriyals/ kootu/ any thayir pachadi also perfect as accompaniment for this rice. I had with maami’s vengaya vadam 🙂
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jeyashrisuresh
Wish i would have this flavorful rice right now. Sounds yum and simple. nicely presented
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Nagalakshmi V
now when i see step by step pics, i can imagine your kitchen too 🙂 had your sambar yesterday with chapati (i know!) and it was so good. amrith loved it too.
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sowji
Looks yummy and preparation also very simple..wanna try it out right now!!
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Chitra
nice presentation.. i have one in archive but tats a diff version. will try this soon,.
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Sindhu Sharma
Sounds great will really try this one soon
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Aarthi
awesome rice...looks very spicy too
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Sayantani
lovely recipe. love the spice quotient and the bright colour.
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Sangeetha Nambi
Real flavorful rice...
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Divya Kudua
My mil makes a similar rice using sambar powder and using garlic in the seasoning.Perfect use for leftover rice:)
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Veena Theagarajan
very nice click and really flavourful rice
great-secret-of-life.blogspot.comSushma Madhuchandra
I too make something similar & it tastes wonderful!
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Reena
Hi rak,
I totally adore your food blog. I have tried the pizza and they have come good. Even this rice seems so tasty from the pictures...Could you tell me what type/brand of mixie you use for grinding the cocunut and stuff like that. I would appreciate it very much. Keep going. I must say excellent photography too..
Reena, Kuwait
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RAKS KITCHEN
Hi Reena, Thank you for your appreciation 🙂
I use national panasonic mixe. My MIL use Philips. Have also used Preethi chefpro plus.All are good.
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Elpiniki
I love spicy, I love garlic...
great idea!Reply
Nithu Bala
This way of preparing garlic rice is new to me. Love the version. Beautiful presentation as well.
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Prathima Rao
A spicy & lip smacking way to finish off leftover rice!!
Prathima Rao
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Hamaree Rasoi
LOL mouth freshener at the end 😉 Seriously droolworthy rice..I am a die hard garlic fan
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Ramya
That looks just awesome! I just love ur pictorial! that always make me want to run to my kitchen and try it!
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S.Menaga
Love the flavourful rice!!
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Uma Ramanujam
I read similar recipe at one magazine. Tempting too much raks. now a days becoming fan of your stepwise pictures too...feeling the preparation just by looking at it.
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VineelaSiva
Yummy rice radhika i too do this rice but quite different.I dont add the coconut.I used to add the jeera.Try this version too dear.
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PriyaVaasu
Delicious Raks!!!! Photos Paarkum pothe, Naaku oorarathu!!!
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Laavanya
Garlic rice looks awesome and so very simple indeed... 🙂
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Priya
Super tempting rice, drooollllingggg here..
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Hema
I can imagine the flavor from the garlic, coconut and curry leaves, very tempting..
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Anu
Aromatic rice , nice clicks
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Sweta
Wow-I love anything with garlic,so this one is a must try!!
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Kaveri Venkatesh
Very flavorful rice...nice clicks
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faseela
yummy n flavorful rice....
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Shama Nagarajan
Super delicious !!! . Rush your delights for Fast Food Event - Noodles.
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Sanoli Ghosh
Wonderful use of leftover rice. So flavourful.... Very new to me, bookmarked it.
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Home Cooked Oriya Food
lovely recipe... looks so colorful and yummy!
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Now Serving
This rice looks flavorful and completely delicious!
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Srimathi
Looks awesome. I love garlic with anything.The photos look awesome.
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Premalatha Aravindhan
wow never tasted this flavorful rice,delicious recipe...love the clicks...too gud.
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Anonymous
I saw the program too incidentally...it was super easy and I was also wondering If I shd try it. Was it not too garlicky? I am always comcerned with the smell it leaves in your mouth...Raks I love love the light in yoor kitchen and I love the kadai thats been used for years!!! Shobha
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Kalpana Sareesh
wow such an simple but flavorful rice..
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Sathya Sankar
Super delicious rice recipe, lovely pics!
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Happy Cook / Finla
Looks so so good
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Sowmya Chandrasekaran
Nice recipe. Love the picture with the two curry leaves posing:) - cute
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runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com
I love the flavour of garlic, never tried with coconut! Am sure its full of flavour!
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Pavithra Elangovan
I use the same mixture for making stir fries Raji.. see this
http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/2009/02/blog-post.html
this mixture tastes so good for kovakkai, brinjal and bhindi 🙂Never tried with rice. Will make it next time. We do garlic rice different way 🙂 this is way too tempting.
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Vidhya
Nice Wonderful recipe Raji which I tried today. I think i should reduce the no of chillis. Otherwise flavour and taste seems to be gr8. Last mouth after eating, felt like eating more. But was not there. 🙁
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Nalini's Kitchen
I did see the recipe on the T.V show and tried,came out nice..
Rice looks delicious and beautiful clicks as always..Reply
Vanamala Hebbar
Lovely recipe..
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Jillu
Hi raks,
Even i swatched it and wanted to do it... New to ur space.. Glad to follow you!! Visit my space when free
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Sudheer Abbaraju
When I stumbled upon this recipe, I just couldn't resist it. Went straight into the kitchen and prepared this dish. Really a simple and a very tasty recipe!
P.S. Am I the only guy amongst the responders out here? Err.
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Madhavi
OMG super rice recipe..
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sdhivya
Saw this recipe last night.Just now made and ate it. Awesome 🙂 🙂 Love it so much.
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rajalakshmi
omg mind blowing and an awesome. made it enjoyd last nite.
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rajalakshmi
omg mind blowing and an awesome. made it enjoyd last nite.
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Brighteye
Yum! Think I'll try to add a drop of tamarind extract and see how the variation tastes. Thanks for this simple yet different recipe.
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Sangeetha Prabhu
Nicely presented recipes!!!!!!! Loved it..........
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Sangeetha Prabhu
Nicely presented recipes!!!!!!!! Loved it !!!!!!!!!!
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Srinivas Katkam
nice recipes..:)
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Shalini Mahesh
Rak's really i became addicted your recipe blog... started to experiment all the dishes each day.. every thing is turning very tasty and delicious.... Simply superb. If i were next to you will give u tight hugs. Thank you. 😀
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Eli Z
Thanks Raks for such simple and wonderful recipes.I have tried a few aready and today am trying the garlic rice, am sure it was turn out as superrrr as the others.
Thanks for making cooking so much simpler 🙂Reply
Renuka Ambbarees
Hai mam 🙂 will u say where to use small onion and big onion? ? Also say me which brand of basmathi rice are you buying?
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Raks anand
I have mentioned as shallots/ small onions in my recipe ingredients where ever you have to use small onions, otherwise everywhere large onion. I buy lal quila or India gate basmati rice.
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Renuka Ambbarees
Thanks a lot mam:) ur replies are very useful to me. ...
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Greeshma Hari
I made it with the ratio mentioned. But the flavour of garlic was not there,finally. What could be the reason?
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Chinnu
Hi..liked the recipe...new to me..want to try it out...Vat variety of rice u used?Is it Basmati rice?
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Raks Anand
You can use any rice. i used regular rice. Sona masuri.
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