Yellow coconut rice

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6-8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fire Islands: Recipes from Indonesia

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2019

  • About

Resembling a heap of gold, nasi kuning symbolises good fortune and so is served at festivals and celebrations, often in a towering cone shape called a tumpeng. These can be small individual portions or tower several feet high like a splendid volcano. The rice is par-cooked, then bathed in amber-stained coconut milk, which it absorbs greedily, leaving the grains swollen with gentle flavour. There are notes of musky turmeric and balmy lemongrass, but this is a versatile dish to