Recipe
Savoury Coconut Rice
We often think sweet when we think of coconuts but they’re the star in this savoury dish as well.
Ingredients
- 350 g Sunrice White Medium Grain Rice
- 1 pinch Turmeric, ground
- 1.5 Cloves
- 2.5 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 700 ml Coconut Milk
- 0.5 Cinnamon Stick
- 1 stalk Lemongrass Stalk, flattened
- 2 Onions, sliced into rings
- 1 tsp Rice Flour
- 0.5 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 Cucumber, cut in slices
- 1 tsp Chives, chopped
Method
- Add a pinch of turmeric, the cinnamon, cloves, lemongrass and soy sauce to the coconut milk and bring to the boil.
- Add the rice, cover and cook over a low heat for around 20 minutes.
- Mix the onions and flour together and fry in the hot oil for 4-5 minutes until golden brown.
- Drain on kitchen paper.
- Remove the cinnamon, cloves and lemon grass from the rice
- Season to taste with soy sauce and divide between bowls.
- Serve garnished with onions, cucumber and chives.
Medium Grain
Medium grain rice has short, plump grains that cook up soft, moist and slightly sticky — the grains cling together gently, making it easy to serve and eat. Sunwhite® medium grain Calrose rice is grown in Australia and loved across the Middle East for everyday family meals.
Its tender texture makes it ideal for dishes where the rice soaks up rich flavours — kabsa, mansaf, maqluba and machboos — as well as sushi, paella and creamy rice desserts.