Wednesday 13 September 2017

How To Make Shrimp Coconut Rice

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Ingredients:


  • 2 Whole Coconuts
  • 3 Cups rice
  • 200g Fresh shrimp
  • 1 Cup Meat stock (either chicken stock, beef stock or turkey stock)
  • 2 Seasoning cubes
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Green pepper
  • 2 Carrots
  • Spring onions
  • 1 Red bell pepper or 4 chilies
  • 1/2 Red Onion
  • ½ Cup Vegetable Oil/ Butter

Direction
Step 1: 

  • Wash and Chop carrots, spring onions, bell peppers into smaller bits. and  set aside.
  • Rinse the rice with clean water and place in a pot. 
  • Add just enough water to cover the rice in the pot and cook on medium heat for 10 mins till ( firm to the bite). 
  • Transfer the rice into a separate bowl and run clean water through it. Set aside. 


Step 2: 

  • Break the coconuts, remove the flesh and extract the milk 
  • Pour the milk extract into a pot, 
  • add the parboiled rice, meat stock, shrimps, seasoning(in case the meat seasoning is not enough) and salt to taste. 
  • Cover the pot and leave the rice to cook for about 15 minutes till the liquid in the pot dries up.


Step 3: 

  • While the rice cooks, 
  • Add the chopped carrots, spring onions, bell peppers into smaller bits. 
  • Pour the vegetable oil or melt the butter in a pan. 
  • Add the chopped vegetables and stir-fry for 5 mins. 


Step 4: 

  • By now the rice absorbed the coconut and stock liquid. 
  • Add the stir-fried vegetables into the coconut rice and mix. 
  • Leave to cook further for about 5 minutes more before turning off the burner.

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