Garlic rice / poondu sadam in South Indian style, a very simple dish perfect for using your leftover rice. Step by step detailed recipe.
Not that you can make it with the fresh cooked rice. Perfect variety rice to make when you want to keep things simple.
Check out my Vetrilai poondu sadam and Butter garlic fried rice recipe in this website.
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 accordingly. Lets see how to make spicy garlic rice.
How to make garlic rice method
- Cook rice and separate the grains. Peel garlic and roast it in a pan/ kadai with few drops of oil along with red chilies until chillies get roasted.
I used cook rice this way in pressure cooker pot in pot method. Wash raw rice like sona masoori or ponni 3 times. Then use 2 cups water for 1 cup rice and pressure cook in medium flame for 4 whistles. You can use long grain rice like basmati rice too. Soak it 30 mins prior and cook 1 cup rice with 1 & ½ cup water if using basmati.
2. Dry roast coconut in the same kadai and cool down all the ingredients, transfer to the mixer.
3. Grind it coarsely and add it to the rice. Heat the pan/ kadai with oil, splutter ½ teaspoon black mustard seeds, 2 teaspoon urad dal, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds and curry leaves.
4. Add it to the cooked plain rice, along with ground spice mixture, salt and mix well. Poondu sadam ready.
Serve hot with vadams/ poriyals/ kootu/ any thayir pachadi also perfect as accompaniment for this rice. I had with maami's vengaya vadam 🙂
Recipe card
Garlic Rice Recipe | South Indian Style
Ingredients
- 2 cups Cooked rice
- 6 Flakes Garlic 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.
jeyashrisuresh says
Wish i would have this flavorful rice right now. Sounds yum and simple. nicely presented
Nagalakshmi V says
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.
sowji says
Looks yummy and preparation also very simple..wanna try it out right now!!
Chitra says
nice presentation.. i have one in archive but tats a diff version. will try this soon,.
Sindhu Sharma says
Sounds great will really try this one soon
Aarthi says
awesome rice...looks very spicy too
Sayantani says
lovely recipe. love the spice quotient and the bright colour.
Sangeetha Nambi says
Real flavorful rice...
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Divya Kudua says
My mil makes a similar rice using sambar powder and using garlic in the seasoning.Perfect use for leftover rice:)
Veena Theagarajan says
very nice click and really flavourful rice
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Sushma Madhuchandra says
I too make something similar & it tastes wonderful!
Reena says
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
RAKS KITCHEN says
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.
Elpiniki says
I love spicy, I love garlic...
great idea!
Nithu Bala says
This way of preparing garlic rice is new to me. Love the version. Beautiful presentation as well.
Prathima Rao says
A spicy & lip smacking way to finish off leftover rice!!
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Hamaree Rasoi says
LOL mouth freshener at the end 😉 Seriously droolworthy rice..I am a die hard garlic fan
Ramya says
That looks just awesome! I just love ur pictorial! that always make me want to run to my kitchen and try it!
S.Menaga says
Love the flavourful rice!!
Uma Ramanujam says
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.
VineelaSiva says
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.
PriyaVaasu says
Delicious Raks!!!! Photos Paarkum pothe, Naaku oorarathu!!!
Laavanya says
Garlic rice looks awesome and so very simple indeed... 🙂
Rajnandita singh says
I try your recipe in 2024 and beleive me it's wonderful I just felt heaven ♥️
Priya says
Super tempting rice, drooollllingggg here..
Hema says
I can imagine the flavor from the garlic, coconut and curry leaves, very tempting..
Anu says
Aromatic rice , nice clicks
Sweta says
Wow-I love anything with garlic,so this one is a must try!!
Kaveri Venkatesh says
Very flavorful rice...nice clicks
faseela says
yummy n flavorful rice....
Shama Nagarajan says
Super delicious !!! . Rush your delights for Fast Food Event - Noodles.
Sanoli Ghosh says
Wonderful use of leftover rice. So flavourful.... Very new to me, bookmarked it.
Home Cooked Oriya Food says
lovely recipe... looks so colorful and yummy!
Now Serving says
This rice looks flavorful and completely delicious!
Srimathi says
Looks awesome. I love garlic with anything.The photos look awesome.
Premalatha Aravindhan says
wow never tasted this flavorful rice,delicious recipe...love the clicks...too gud.
Anonymous says
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
Kalpana Sareesh says
wow such an simple but flavorful rice..
Sathya Sankar says
Super delicious rice recipe, lovely pics!
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Happy Cook / Finla says
Looks so so good
Sowmya Chandrasekaran says
Nice recipe. Love the picture with the two curry leaves posing:) - cute
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runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com says
I love the flavour of garlic, never tried with coconut! Am sure its full of flavour!
Pavithra Elangovan says
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.
Vidhya says
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. 🙁
Nalini's Kitchen says
I did see the recipe on the T.V show and tried,came out nice..
Rice looks delicious and beautiful clicks as always..
Vanamala Hebbar says
Lovely recipe..
Jillu says
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 says
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.
Madhavi says
OMG super rice recipe..
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sdhivya says
Saw this recipe last night.Just now made and ate it. Awesome 🙂 🙂 Love it so much.
rajalakshmi says
omg mind blowing and an awesome. made it enjoyd last nite.
rajalakshmi says
omg mind blowing and an awesome. made it enjoyd last nite.
Brighteye says
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.
Sangeetha Prabhu says
Nicely presented recipes!!!!!!! Loved it..........
Sangeetha Prabhu says
Nicely presented recipes!!!!!!!! Loved it !!!!!!!!!!
Srinivas Katkam says
nice recipes..:)
Shalini Mahesh says
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. 😀
Eli Z says
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 🙂
Renuka Ambbarees says
Hai mam 🙂 will u say where to use small onion and big onion? ? Also say me which brand of basmathi rice are you buying?
Raks anand says
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.
Renuka Ambbarees says
Thanks a lot mam:) ur replies are very useful to me. ...
Greeshma Hari says
I made it with the ratio mentioned. But the flavour of garlic was not there,finally. What could be the reason?
Chinnu says
Hi..liked the recipe...new to me..want to try it out...Vat variety of rice u used?Is it Basmati rice?
Raks Anand says
You can use any rice. i used regular rice. Sona masuri.