Festive Rice

Name: Festive Rice
Yield: Serves Eight
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: ½ lemon grass stalks, bruised; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 60 ml/4 tbsp oil; 450 g/1 lb/2⅔ cups jasmine rice; 400 ml/14 fl oz can coconut milk; prawn (shrimp) crackers; 2 fresh red chillies, seeded and shredded; cucumber chunks; tomato wedges; deep-fried onions; omelette strips; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 750 ml/1¼ pints/3 cups water; 2 onions, thinly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
Eight

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

This pretty Thai dish is traditionally shaped into a cone and surrounded by a variety of accompaniments before being served.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb/2⅔ cups jasmine rice
60

Asia
Thailand
Main course
South East Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Put the jasmine rice in a large strainer and rinse it thoroughly under cold water. Drain well.
Heat the oil in a frying pan with a lid. Cook the garlic, onions and turmeric over a low heat for 2–3 minutes, until the onions have softened. Ad