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Kerala · Lunch

Coconut Milk Rice

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 124. Coconut Milk Rice recipe

⏱️5 minPrep
🔥15 minCook
🕒20 minTotal
🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Coconut Milk Rice

  1. Soak rice (30 mins, no heat): Wash and soak rice.
  2. Temper oil (1 min, high heat): Heat coconut oil, crackle mustard seeds, add curry leaves. Visual: seeds pop.
  3. Add rice (2 mins, medium-high heat): Add soaked rice, turmeric, fry 1 minute. Visual: rice grains coated with oil.
  4. Add liquids (1 min, high heat): Add thin coconut milk and water, salt, bring to boil. Visual: rolling boil.
  5. Rest (3 mins, no heat): Let rest covered 3 minutes.

📖 Cultural notes

Coconut Milk Rice's creamy, aromatic nature celebrates Kerala's coconut abundance. ---

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