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Coconut Rice Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
two cups of basmati rice, well-washed, rinsed, soaked in water for twenty minutes, and drained
four cups coconut milk*, (two cups thick, two cups thin) (see below)
1 tsp salt

*using canned unsweetened coconut milk (15 oz. can): Shake the can, vigorously, before opening. Divide the contents of the can into two parts, placing about two-thirds of the can's contents in one measuring cup (capable of holding at least two cups) and the remaining one-third in another. Add enough hot water to each cup to make two cups. The first is the "thick", the second is the "thin".
Directions:
Directions:
Bring the thin coconut milk to a near boil in a saucepan. Add the rice and salt. Cook for about ten minutes, stirring constantly.

Reduce heat to very low.
Stir in the thick coconut milk. Continue stirring for five minutes while the mixture simmers.
Cover tighly. Make sure the fire is as low as possible.

Let steam for twenty to twenty-five minutes.

 

 

 

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