I love coconut rice, you love coconut rice, we all love coconut rice, so here in Nigeria we have two ways of preparing Coconut rice, we have the white version and we have the jollof version, it all depends on what you prefer, personally I love both so I'll give you recipes for both.
INGREDIENTS
420g long grain parboiled rice (or any rice)
400 mls Coconut milk
400 ml chicken stock/broth
20 small shrimps(optional but recommended)
1 tatashe/ tribelli pepper
1 red onion
A handful of diced sausage
1 big seasoning cube (optional)
Habanero peppers (to taste) (optional)
Black pepper (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Green peas (3 tablespoons)
Green beans (3 tablespoons)
METHOD
-Parboil/Precook the rice. Add it to a pot of a generous quantity of boiling water and cook on medium heat for 8-10 minutes. This time is for the quantity of rice stated in the list of ingredients. If yours is more, you will need more time (you want to precook the rice till you can break it with a finger, be careful not to completely cook it)
-When happy with the rice, pour in a sieve/colander and rinse with plenty of cool water to cool it down. Leave in the sieve/colander to drain.
-Cut the sausage into small cubes.
-Dice the peppers and cut the green beans.
-Chop the onions.
-Precook the shrimps and peel them or not depending on how you like them.
-Pour the chicken stock and coconut milk into a sizeable pot. Bear in mind that the rice will normally rise by at least one quarter of its quantity from the parboiled state to the done state.
-Add the black pepper and seasoning cube.
-Cover the pot and start cooking till it boils.
-Add the precooked rice, Stir and add salt to taste. At this point the liquid should be at the same level as the rice. If not, top it up with water. If the liquid is much more than the rice, you will end up with soggy coconut rice.
-Cover the pot and start cooking on medium heat.
-When the water dries to exactly the same level as the rice, add the shrimps and sausage and continue cooking.
-When the water is almost dry, add the soft ingredients: onions, green beans and green peas and the tatashe and habanero peppers.
-Cover and continue cooking till all the water dries up. If you parboiled the rice correctly, it should be done by now.
-Stir with a spatula till all the ingredients are well combined. That's it!
Viola your coconut rice is ready to be served, happy eating, I'd recommend a non citrus fruit drink to accompany this.
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