Coconut Mango Rice

Mommy Diva's Note:

A fun Caribbean inspired recipe I found to post for ZWT3.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia or 1 red onion, chopped)
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger , minced
• 2 minced garlic cloves (optional)
• 1 ½ cups long-grain rice
• 14 ounces light unsweetened coconut milk
• 2 cups water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon curry powder (optional)
• 1 mango
• 1 sweet red pepper
• 1 green onion
• 2 tablespoons lime juice or 2 tablespoons lemon juice , freshly squeezed
• ½ cup coriander leaves , coarsely chopped (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
2. Add sweet onion, ginger and garlic, if using.
3. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
4. Add rice and stir until grains are coated with butter.
5. Shake can of coconut milk; add to rice along with water, salt and curry, if using.
6. Cover and bring mixture to a boil.
7. Stir and reduce heat to low; Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, peel mango and slice into thin bite-size strips or chop, then place in a bowl.
9. Seed and chop pepper, slice green onions in half, lengthwise, then into 1-inch (2.5-cm) pieces; Add to mango and stir in lime juice.
10. After rice has cooked 20 minutes, stir in mango mixture.
11. Cover, remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes to warm mango.
12. Serve scattered with coriander, if you wish.
13. A nice way to present this dish is to lightly pack rice mixture into a small rounded bowl or cup, then turn out onto a plate and top with coriander.
14. Enjoy! ;).

Reviews

[Mia in Germany]

Great rice recipe! I wish my mango had been more flavourful - the ones you get here use to be quite watery, so mine didn't do the recipe justice. But it was delicious anyway, and I can imagine how fantastic it would be with a ripe, fragrant mango. I'll make this again :) Thanks for sharing!
Made for Cook-A-Thon for Mommy Diva February 2012.

[gailanng]

Pepper, my cockatiel, was so intrigued with this colorful dish and I love the way he encourages me greatly in my cooking endeavors. I'm for hire!

[Marcasite Queen]

A very yummy and easy-to-make rice dish. I left out the curry powder and cilantro for garnish, but made it per directions otherwise, and it turned out perfect.