Recipes with Coconut
Got Coconut in your pantry? Here are 62 recipes you can cook today.
Akki Roti
Rice flour flatbread.
Appam
Serve appam hot with coconut milk or vegetable stew.
Avial
A thick mixture of mixed vegetables cooked in a coconut and curd paste, seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves.
Baingan Masala
Eggplants sliced and cooked in a tangy, spicy roasted peanut-sesame-coconut gravy.
Beans Carrot Poriyal
Finely chopped french beans and carrots stir-fried with coconut.
Beef Rendang
Slow-cooked spicy beef in coconut milk.
Beetroot Thoran
Finely chopped beetroot sautéed with spices and fresh coconut.
Beijinho
Coconut fudge balls.
Cabbage Poriyal
Finely shredded cabbage stir-fried with mustard, curry leaves, split urad dal, and fresh coconut.
Chana Sundal
Black chickpea stir fry.
Chettinad Chicken Curry
Fiery and aromatic chicken curry made with a freshly roasted Chettinad spice paste.
Chettinad Egg Masala
Boiled eggs cooked in a spicy, roasted coconut and spice gravy.
Chettinad Pepper Chicken
Fiery and aromatic South Indian chicken curry cooked with freshly roasted Chettinad spices, black pepper, curry leaves, and coconut.
Chicken Salna
A thin, spicy, and highly aromatic chicken gravy served roadside-style with parottas.
Coconut Chutney
Classic side dish.
Coconut Rice
Fragrant rice mixed with freshly grated coconut and tempered with mustard, curry leaves, and cashews.
Dhokla
Steamed, spongy gram flour cake tempered with mustard, green chillies, and coconut.
Ennai Kathirikai Curry
Baby eggplants stuffed with a roasted sesame-peanut paste in tamarind sauce.
Erissery
Sweet pumpkin and cowpeas cooked in a roasted coconut gravy.
Idiyappam
Steamed rice string hoppers. Serve with sweetened coconut milk or vegetable stew.
Kadalai Curry
Spicy black chickpeas curry cooked in roasted coconut gravy.
Kalan
Traditional sour yogurt gravy cooked with yam, raw banana, pepper, and fresh coconut paste.
Kanjyum Payarum
Traditional comforting Kerala dinner of hot rice gruel served with seasoned whole green gram.
Keerai Poriyal
Finely chopped amaranth leaves stir-fried and topped with coconut.
Khandvi
Silky, tightly rolled savory snacks made of cooked gram flour and buttermilk.
Kootu Chow Chow
Chayote squash cooked with split yellow mung dal and coconut paste.
Kootu Curry
Yam, raw banana, and black chickpeas cooked in a roasted coconut paste.
Kootu Senai
Yam and black-eyed peas cooked with a coconut-cumin paste.
Kozhi Varutha Curry
Kerala roasted coconut chicken curry.
Kozhukattai
Steamed savory dumplings.
Kozhukattai Sweet
Steamed rice flour dumplings stuffed with sweet coconut and jaggery.
Kuzhi Paniyaram Sweet
Sweet puffed dumplings made using rice batter and jaggery.
Mint Chutney
Mint side dish.
Mour Kozhambu
Ash gourd cooked in a coconut-cumin-chana dal spiced yogurt base.
Mushroom Salna
Roadside-style thin and spicy gravy loaded with fresh button mushrooms.
Mutta Salna
Hard-boiled eggs simmered in a roadside-style thin and spicy salna gravy.
Muttai Kurma
Boiled eggs simmered in a coconut-cashew gravy with warm spices.
Mutton Salna
A spicy, rich mutton gravy made with ground spices and coconut, served with parotta.
Neer Dosa
Delicate, lace-like, thin rice crepes from coastal Karnataka.
Nendran Pazham Nirachathu
Sweet Kerala plantains stuffed with coconut, sugar, and cardamoms, roasted in ghee.
Parippu Curry
Steamed yellow lentils mashed with fresh coconut, cumin, and garlic.
Pavakkai Pitlai
Bitter gourd cooked with chana dal in a tangy tamarind gravy, enriched with roasted coconut-spice paste.
Peanut Sundal
Healthy boiled peanut snack tempered with mustard, red chillies, and coconut.
Pineapple Pulissery
Sweet and sour ripe pineapple buttermilk curry.
Pudalangai Kootu
Snake gourd cooked with yellow split moong dal, coconut-cumin paste, and tempered with mustard.
Pudalangai Poriyal
Snake gourd stir-fried with mustard, green chillies, split urad dal, and fresh coconut.
Puttu
Steam puttu in a puttu maker using layered rice flour and grated coconut. Serve with kadala curry or banana.
Puttu with Kadala Curry
Kerala steamed rice cake served with a spicy black chickpeas coconut curry.
Quindim
Sweet egg custard with coconut.
Ragi Roti
Rustic flatbread made with finger millet flour, chopped onions, green chillies, and curry leaves.
Sevai Coconut
Steamed rice vermicelli mixed with freshly grated coconut and tempered.
Sundal Sweet Corn
Quick and healthy steamed sweet corn tossed with mustard, curry leaves, and grated coconut.
Sweet Puttu
Sweet steamed rice flour.
Sweet Seedai
Crispy deep-fried sweet rice flour balls made with jaggery.
Thakkali Kurma
Spicy tomato coconut gravy, an excellent light side dish for Chapati and Idli.
Ulundhu Kanji
Urad dal porridge.
Ulundhu Sadam
Nutritious and traditional rice cooked with whole black gram (urad dal), garlic, and fenugreek.
Vazhaithandu Kootu
Fiber-rich banana stem cooked with moong dal and fresh coconut.
Veg Kurma
Mildly spiced mixed vegetable curry in a coconut-cashew gravy, the perfect pairing for Parotta and Chapati.
Veg Salna
Roadside style empty/vegetable salna served hot with Parotta.
Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu
Fried okra simmered in a spiced coconut-yogurt gravy.
Vendakkai Poriyal
Okra sautéed with mustard, curry leaves, and fresh coconut.
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