coconut rice belizean style

                                                                               Receta en Español

Rice cooked in coconut milk is very common in Belize, in fact,it is the most typical way of cooking rice in these land . Coconut gives a special softness to the rice and a tasty flavour. It is often used as side dish , as  you can see in the following picture:

Ingredients:

•   1 clove of garlic.
•   1 cup rice .
•   1 cup coconut milk.
•   1 ½ cups of water.
•   Salt.

Method:

1-   We pour oil in a pot and fry the garlic for a minute over medium heat.

2-  Add the rice and fry it with the garlic a minute over medium heat.

3-  Pour into the pot a cup of coconut milk, 1 ½ cups of water and salt , put the pot over high heat until it boils, at this momento, low the heat to minimum and cook for 20 minutes. The minutes of cooking are an approximation,it depends on the hardness of the rice,you should take care and look if it is done before those 20 minutes.
Once it is done, turn off the heat and let it rest for a few minutes covering the pot with a cloth.

4- It is used as sidedish dishes, but also you can eat it alone, in that case , they add toasted grated coconut  .


My comments to the recipe

As I said at the beginning of the recipe , coconut gives a special softness to rice and a tasty flavor , it is also a very simple recipe to do and you get a rice with something special.

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