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Coconut Rice
Preparation info
- for
6-8
- Difficulty
Easy
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By Sri Owen
Published 2002
Nowhere in Asia do cooks put any salt in plain boiled or steamed rice. Salt and spices are used when one is making a pilaf or pulao, and, of course, in fried rice. Coconut rice is rice cooked in coconut milk instead of water, and you add salt to this because the salt enhances the coconut flavour.
Ingredients
450 g 1 lb 2 tbsp
Method
If using basmati rice, first soak it in cold water for 2 hours; simply rinse Thai rice. Heat the oil or butter in a large pan and, when hot, add the turmeric, if using, and salt. Stir and add the drained rice. Stir until all the grains are coated.
Add the coconut milk and bring to the boil. Simmer, uncovered, until all the liquid has been absorbed. Then stir the rice once, lower the hea