Coconut Basmati Rice

Mrs.Habu's Note:

This is from the "Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home" where they suggest serving this dish with curry.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1 1⁄3; cups water
• 1 cup basmati rice
• ½ cup coconut milk
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cinnamon stick (1-inch)
• ¼ cup raisins or ¼ cup currant

Directions:

1. Bring water to the boil.
2. While water heats, rinse the rice well.
3. When water boils, stir in the rice and all of the remaining ingredients.
4. Return to a boil.
5. Stir, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
6. Take off the heat and allow rice to rest for 10 minutes.
7. Remove the cinnamon stick, stir to fluff the rice and serve.

Reviews

[LaurietheLibrarian]

This was yummy. We used lite coconut milk and I added hot pepper flakes instead of the cinnamon and raisins. The rice was sweet and hot at the same time.

[keeney]

Since getting into Thai cooking, I have made this recipe exactly the way it is written numerous times. Rave reviews from guests every time. Thanks for posting!

[Soobeeoz]

This was super easy to make in the microwave. I kept the same water to coconut milk ratio, currants, and not having any cinnamon sticks threw a little ground cinnamon in with the rest of the ingredients and zapped it for 18 minutes. The currants plumped up beautifully. Very nice,and I'll make it again.