Coconut Mango Rice

Submitted by Mommy Diva

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

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 14.79 ml butter
• 1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia or 1 red onion, chopped)
• 29.58 ml fresh ginger, minced
• 2 minced garlic cloves (optional)
• 354.88 ml long-grain rice
• 396.89 g light unsweetened coconut milk
• 473.18 ml water
• 9.85 ml salt
• 2.46 ml curry powder (optional)
• 1 mango
• 1 sweet red pepper
• 1 green onion
• 29.58 ml lime juice or 29.58 ml lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 118.29 ml 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!<br/>Made for Cook-A-Thon for Mommy Diva February 2012.

 

[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.

 

[Starrynews]

Flavorful and colorful rice! This was very enjoyable - loved all the fresh fruits and veggies and the touch of coconut from the milk. Thanks for sharing! ZWT7

 

[valerie.jensen]

I loved this recipe but for some reason my rice did not cook. I used long grain brown rice and followed instructions to a tee. Any ideas?

 

[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!