Kenyan Coconut Rice Recipes

KENYAN COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, put rice, thin coconut milk, and a pinch of salt. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer until rice is done. Add more thin coconut milk if rice cooks dry before it is done. This should take around 20 minutes.
• Add the thick coconut milk right before serving.
• This goes great with chicken or beef and vegetables.

RICE COOKED IN COCONUT-(WALI WA NAZI)

Steps:

• Clean and wash rice.
• Bring the coconut milk and water to a boil.
• When boiling, pour in the rice.
• Add salt.
• Leave to cook on medium heat.
• When nearly dry, cover well.
• Turn down the heat and leave to cook for 10 minutes.
• (If you have a rice cooker, put all of the ingredients in the rice cooker and turn it on.).
• Watch it to make sure it does not burn, adding more water if needed to keep it from burning.

CARIBBEAN COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add ginger, garlic, and cinnamon stick, and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in rice, and sauté until rice grains are opaque, about 2 minutes. Add water, coconut milk, sugar, salt, lime zest, and white pepper and bring to a simmer. Stir once, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Fluff rice with a fork, cover, and let rest for 5 minutes. Garnish with toasted coconut, if using.