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Malay Coconut Rice Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Danadooley / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago A South East Asian dish from the Malay community. Easy peasy but OH, so tasty. The aroma makes your kitchen smell divine. Goes great with Red Chili Shrimp, fried fish and thickly sliced cucumber. Also good with South East Asian Mussel Curry or even Pacific Island and Caribbean dishes.... More Prep:5m Cook:20m Servings:8	Danadooley
	rice coconut cheap easy asian rich versatile

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Pandan Leaf - stump

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Ingredients

4 level cups raw Thai Jasmine or Hom Mali rice, unwashed

2 level cups thick coconut milk

4 level cups water

8 Pandan (Screwpine) leaves, knotted or bundled - this is essential and cannot be substituted

2 slightly rounded tsp salt

1 rounded tsp sugar

Directions

If you have a rice cooker, put everything into it and stir gently but thoroughly to dissolve salt and sugar. Replace lid, turn on cooker and forget about it till time to eat.

If you don't have one, put everything into a thick bottomed pot that is twice as wide as it is high and stir gently to dissolve salt and sugar.

Bring to the boil over medium high heat till most of the liquid has evaporated and venting holes start to appear on the surface of the rice.

Put lid on and reduce heat to minimum (the gentler the heat the better). Leave undisturbed for 10 minutes.

Turn off heat and leave undisturbed for another 20 minutes before fluffing gently with a large fork. Serve

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shirleyoma 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Some thing like my coconut rice, yours sounds like a winner to me! yummmmmm love it!! got my 5

grandmommy 1 year, 8 months ago said:
This sounds wonderful. I'm not sure I can find the Pandan leaves. What kind of flavor do these leaves have? You have my 5.

danadooley 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Thank you grandmommy, very kind of you :) It's not easy to describe the flavour/scent of pandan. There's a little vanilla, a little jasmine and maybe a hint of citrus as well. It's quite beguiling and one of the most heavenly scents I can think of. Here in SE Asia, it's used in both sweet and savoury dishes. There really is nothing else that smells like it.

lunasea 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Sounds great, Dana! I'm putting out feelers to my local foodie friends to see if I can get hold of some Pandan Leaves. Thanks so much, hon.

danadooley 1 year, 8 months ago said:
I hope you can get your hands on them vickie. I really think you will adore the scent, especially since you seem such a fan of SE Asian flavours. I'm not exagerating when I say they smell heavenly. I have a pot of it growing outside and whenever I touch a leaf it exudes it's amazing scent. Bliss!! I'd gladly send you some if I could *sigh*

invisiblechef 1 year, 8 months ago said:
They look like chives, so your growing them... HMMM I am always looking for new herbs to grow. This recipe looks delicious, and like you say easy peasy. I'm a big fan of coconut milk myself, so this is on my list of recipes to make soon, just come to my page every now and then and remind me :)

danadooley 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Hey invisiblechef! They do look like chives except they're much bigger. They actually resemble water rushes or water lily leaves. I really wish this plant grew over on your side of the fence lol It's such a beautifully scented herb, I want everyone to know about it.

aimee 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Wow, that sounds really interesting. My husband and I are starting to venture into the waters of Asian cuisine, and that sounds like a perfect compliment, especially to some of our Thai dishes. Will keep an eye out for Pandan leaves, and make it when I find them! ^_^

cholena 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Nasi Lemak * wink wink * .... I substitute half of the coconut milk with low fat evaporated milk .

danadooley 1 year, 8 months ago said:
That's a great tip cholena, for those concerned about cholesterol levels. Low or half fat coconut milk would also work. But nothing tastes like full fat *sigh* so I just eat this every once in a while and I go 'all the way' *wink wink* :)

waterlily 1 year, 8 months ago said:
I haven't been successful at finding an online source for pandan leaves. This sounds like a wonderful culinary adventure to undertake -- so I hope you will all wish me luck on my quest for pandan! I simply must try this dish!

mbe 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Aya! making me so hungry la!

mbe 1 year, 8 months ago said:
*sigh* just a bit of sambal ikan bilis and we're set. You don't know how close to tears I am at the thought of it all, lol.

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