Kothamalli sadam | coriander leaves rice – A simple no onion no garlic rice recipe perfect for a quick lunch box. Coriander rice | kothamalli sadam recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.
We make different varieties of rice | kalanda sadam in Tamilnadu. Most of them will be simple and perfect for lunch boxes too. The no onion garlic rice varieties such as coconut rice, lemon rice, tamarind rice, ellu sadam, peanut rice, pudina rice… are very well suitable for neivedyam and also made during festivals and functions too. A variety rice lunch platter is made for aadi perukku and kannum pongal in our house.
This kothamalli sadam is almost a no-cook and easy recipe. If you have cooked rice ready, then this recipe can be made in just 10 minutes. This is a perfect bachelor recipe. I learnt this recipe from my friend, she made this for us when we visited her home for lunch. She served this with kurkuri bhindi and we loved the combo.
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Kothamalli sadam recipe
Kothamalli sadam recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups cooked rice
- 1 handful of coriander leaves
- 1 green chili
- Salt as needed
- 1/2 lemon
- ¼ tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tsp urad dal
- Few cashew nuts
- Few curry leaves
Instructions
- In a mixie jar add the coriander leaves, green chili, little salt, lemon juice, 1 tbsp water and sugar.
- We are adding sugar to retain the color of the coriander leaves. If you don’t want feel free to skip it.
- Grind this into a smooth paste.
- Put the ground paste in a tea strainer for 5 minutes, to remove the extra water.
- You can use this water while making rasam or add this to a ladle of dosa batter or add this while making chapati dough.
- In a wide bowl add the rice and 1 tsp sesame oil and salt.
- Spread this and allow this to cool completely.
- In a pan add 3 tsp oil and 1 tsp ghee.
- Add the mustard seeds, urad dal and red chili.
- Saute this till the urad dal becomes golden brown.
- Add the cashew nuts and saute till it gets roasted.
- Switch off and add the curry leaves.
- Add the coriander paste to the rice.
- Add this tempering to the rice.
- Mix well gently and evenly without mashing the rice.
- Kothamalli sadam | coriander rice is ready.
- Serve with aviyal or appalam or vadam.
Video
Notes
- You can make the same with mint leaves, but lessen the number of mint leaves as they will be strong.
- You can replace cashew nuts with peanuts too.
- You can replace rice with millet or rice sevai.
- Kothamalli sadam | coriander leaves rice pair well with Aviyal or Potato curry too.
- In a mixie jar add the coriander leaves, green chili, little salt, lemon juice, 1 tbsp water and sugar.
- We are adding sugar to retain the color of the coriander leaves. If you don’t want feel free to skip it.
- Grind this into a smooth paste.
- Put the ground paste in a tea strainer for 5 minutes, to remove the extra water.
- No need to press this and extract the water. Just simply leave it without touching it.
- You can use this water while making rasam or add this to a ladle of dosa batter or add this while making chapati dough.
- In a wide bowl add the cooked rice and 1 tsp sesame oil and salt.
- Spread this and allow this to cool completely.
- In a pan add 3 tsp oil and 1 tsp ghee.
- Add the mustard seeds, urad dal and red chili.
- Saute this till the urad dal becomes golden brown.
- Add the cashew nuts and saute till it gets roasted.
- Switch off and add the curry leaves.
- Add the coriander paste to the rice.
- Add this tempering to the rice.
- Mix well gently and evenly without mashing the rice.
- Kothamalli sadam | coriander rice is ready.
Notes:
- You can make the same with mint leaves, but lessen the quantity of mint leaves as it will be strong.
- Cashew nuts can be replaced with peanuts.
- You can replace rice with millet or rice sevai.
- Kothamalli sadam | coriander leaves pairs well with Aviyal or Potato curry too.
Hi Jeyashree. The rice looks so welcoming and loaded with the flavors of coriander… too good to resist.
I remember my dad's aunt doing this for lunch-pack when we travel.. Simply delicious and lipsmacking rice!!
Hey congrats on your award and thanks for remembering me too dear!! 🙂
Rice looks so tempting…perfectly made!
Woww wat a gorgeous green rice..eyecatching colour Jeya..Congrats on ur awards!
That looks so lovely,must be very nice with the flavour of fresh coriander..so delicious..and congraz jeyashri and thanks a lot for thinking abt me as well…
Wow,will try this out soon,Vj will sure like this…
Thanks for passing the award DEAR 😉
Heyy Nice.. I love Herbs… I made Coriander Pulav last thursday..
Will try the sadam tooo….
Congrats on the award…
Rice looks perfect and yummy!!
Love the color..
Rice looks prety and tempting…
Such an aromatic rice dear…lov the color…
Very well focussed pics n love the aroma of this rice.
That's a great rice dish..Congrats on your award, you deserve it 🙂
Wow, rice looks grainy. Very nice post..never tried this rice..Will surely try this for my hubby's lunch box and let u know 🙂
oooooh……i saw the picture and felt as if the rice bowl was infront of me..gr8 clik…am sure the taste was gr8 too..with coriander..yummy..
Congrats!!!Oh, Those look fantastic and it sounds so yummy.I can almost get the aroma here just by looking at the pics..:)
Lovely dish, looks so good. Very beautiful click, could see each grain of rice. Congrats n your award.
Thats a ravishing color and sharp pictures…very tempting food indeed. I love kothamalli saadham, make them almost every weekend:)
Looks fantastic and yum.Easy recipe too. I am amazed at ur pix.What lens do you use?Congrats on the award. keep rocking!
Congrats on your award..Appealing to eyes dish.Nice recipe!
lovley dish and picture. i also make this for my hubby's lunch box. Congrats on your award and thanks for passing to me.
You have lovely blog and very detailed explanation.. I am glad to follow u .. pls do visit mine sometimes…
Hi Jeyashri,
Lovely rice dear. Haven't tried it. will give a try soon.
Kindly pick up the award from my blog dear
with luv,
ArunaManikandan
thank u friends for ur lovely comments.
viji i use ordinary NIKON COOLPIX CAMERA.no lense, nothing.Thanks for ur encouraging words.
Looks Yummy and tempting to eat. My favorite dish.
Antha Bowl koncham pass pannunge..2 nimishathule eppidi nalla neata sapidlamnu demo panren! 😉
My all time fav!..
Wonderful clicks!
Healthy rice.Congrats on ur awards
looks yummy and colourful…just love it…
SOOOOO YUMMMMMMYYYYYY
what is the purpose of adding oil while grinding?
do we need to saute corainder leaves?
will we get raw smell when we add the paste as such?
Adding oil gives a good texture to the rice.
You never get raw smell of coriander in the rice. If you want add a das of lemon juice at the last.
Tried was easy to make and had a wonderful taste and color added few paneer pcs in the end.v nice recipe
Good recipes ….
Nice
Just found your website and it looks fabulous with a lot of amazing dishes 🙂