Coconut rice is another delicious rice recipe; this creamy rice dish is usually prepared with coconut milk or coconut cream. Coconut rice is versatile and many also love it, it can be prepared plain with just coconut milk or with tomatoes, you can as well prepare your coconut rice like fried rice or simply bake coconut rice in the oven. Some healthy proteins for making this rice include shrimps, beef, chicken or fish. This sweet rice dish can be seasoned with thyme, garlic, ginger, curry, and vegetables like carrots, green beans and peas can be used to garnish coconut rice.

Additionally, Different kinds of rice can be used to prepare coconut rice; they include Sticky rice (Arborio or tuwo rice), Jasmine rice, Basmati rice, Brown rice and White rice. To enjoy coconut rice you can served it cold or hot with coleslaw or chilled salad. However, instead of having to extract coconut milk from scratch to make this food, you can by canned coconut milk or cream from your local stor, it serve the same purpose with the home made coconut milk.

Coconut rice Ingredients

1. 400g long grain parboiled rice or any rice of your choice
2. 2 matured coconut (or canned coconut milk)
3. 1 cup of chopped carrots
4. 1 cup of chopped green beans
5. 2 medium sized bell peppers
6. 1 cup of beef or chicken broth
7. 2 tablespoons of ground crayfish
8. 1 tablespoon of thyme
9. ½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
10. 4 pieces of scotch bonnets or chilli peppers
11. 1 big size onion
12. 2 stock cubes
13. Salt to taste

Watch this quick and simple video on how to make coconut rice=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhDFl8No518