Coconut ginger rice

Rich with coconut flavour, incredibly easy to throw together

Coconut ginger rice

Coconut ginger rice is prepared by cooking white rice in coconut milk or coconut flakes. As both the coconut and the rice plant are indigenous in places all around the world, coconut rice too is found in many cultures spanning across the equator from the Caribbean to South-East Asia. This recipe adds the warmth of ginger to enhance this popular rice dish.

AuthorHungry PandaCategoryDifficultyBeginner

Yields3 Servings
Prep Time10 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time55 mins

INGREDIENTS
 2 rice measuring cups long grain white rice
 1 tsp minced ginger (fresh or jar is fine)
 125 ml vegetable stock
 400 ml 1 tin coconut milk
 1 pinch salt
 1 dash lemon or lime juice
 1 Thai chili finely chopped (for garnish, can be left out)
 3 sticks spring onions (scallions) finely chopped (for garnish, can be left out)

HOW TO MAKE
1

Place 2 cups of rice in your rice cooker inner bowl, add coconut milk, stock, salt and ginger. Make sure it comes to the LONG GRAIN level line labelled 2 on the inner bowl.

2

Select the LONG GRAIN , REGULAR or WHITE rice function then press the START button.

3

Once the cooking cycle has finished, stir the rice and leave it on keep warm setting for 15 minutes.

4

Just before you are ready to serve add a squirt of lime/lemon juice and add spring onions and chilli to garnish, if you are using it.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS
 2 rice measuring cups long grain white rice
 1 tsp minced ginger (fresh or jar is fine)
 125 ml vegetable stock
 400 ml 1 tin coconut milk
 1 pinch salt
 1 dash lemon or lime juice
 1 Thai chili finely chopped (for garnish, can be left out)
 3 sticks spring onions (scallions) finely chopped (for garnish, can be left out)

Directions

HOW TO MAKE
1

Place 2 cups of rice in your rice cooker inner bowl, add coconut milk, stock, salt and ginger. Make sure it comes to the LONG GRAIN level line labelled 2 on the inner bowl.

2

Select the LONG GRAIN , REGULAR or WHITE rice function then press the START button.

3

Once the cooking cycle has finished, stir the rice and leave it on keep warm setting for 15 minutes.

4

Just before you are ready to serve add a squirt of lime/lemon juice and add spring onions and chilli to garnish, if you are using it.

Coconut ginger rice

Coconut rice is the anchor of Nasi Lemak,Malaysia’s national dish. Serve with Piri Piri Chicken (substitute for Tofu if you like) for a more interesting rice accompaniment.