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Coconut Rice Recipe

Coconut Rice

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By
Andrew Chase
Toasted coconut, creamy coconut milk and a little spice add lots of flavour to this rice, which makes a good accompaniment to all kinds of tropical dishes.

Ingredients

2 green onions
1 tbsp  (15 mL)  vegetable oil or butter
6 whole allspice
2 pieces cassia bark or 1 small stick cinnamon
1 bay leaf
1-1/2 cups  (375 mL)  long-grain rice
1 can (400 mL) coconut milk
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  salt
1 Scotch bonnet (habanero) pepper
1/3 cup  (75 mL)  unsweetened shredded coconut

Preparation

Separate white and green parts of onions; chop and set aside.

In saucepan over medium-high heat, heat oil; add white part of onions, allspice, cassia bark and bay leaf and fry until fragrant, 10 to 20 seconds. Add rice; fry, stirring, until rice turns opaque, 2 to 3 minutes. Add coconut milk, salt and 2 cups/500 mL water; stir lightly and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Place whole pepper in middle of rice; cover and cook until all of the liquid is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, in skillet over medium-low heat, toast coconut until golden, about 5 minutes.

Using fork, fluff up rice while stirring in toasted coconut and green part of onions.

Makes 8 servings.

Serving(s)
8
Nutritional Information
Per serving: about
Calories 261
Protein 4 g
Fat (total) 15 g
Sat. Fat 11 g
Carbohydrate 30 g
Fibre 1 g
Sodium 83 mg
Calcium 2 % RDI
Iron 14 % RDI
Vitamin C 3 % RDI
Folate 5 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: Summer 2006

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