Arroz De Coco E Papaia (Angola)

Submitted by GiddyUpGo

"This recipe is from week nine of my food blog, "Travel by Stove." I am attempting to cook one meal from every country on Earth, and Angola is my ninth stop. This is an Angolan side dish made from rice, coconut milk and papayas."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 cup rice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1 papaya, peeled, de-seeded and finely diced

directions

1. Thin the coconut milk with the water.
2. Add the rice, salt and cinnamon.
3. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice is done.
4. Fluff the rice with a fork and let stand covered for 10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, cut and seed the papaya, then finely dice it. Mash half of the dice and keep the other half as-is.
6. Put both the mashed papaya and the diced papaya into the rice and mix, warming over the stove.

Reviews

[Satyne]

This rice was amazing! The flavours were so delicate but the little bursts of papaya were so great. I served this with your recipe #466888 made for My Food Odyssey.