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Coconut rice with ginger

This coconut rice is the most delicious straight rice dish I've ever tried. The rice is just simply cooked with coconut cream & ginger - and that's it. It has no sugar (as many other recipes do) so it's more healthy too. It complements South-East Asian dishes superbly.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Cuisine: South East Asian, Thai
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups jasmine rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 200 ml coconut cream
  • 2 cm piece ginger peeled

Method
 

  1. Wash the rice thoroughly with cold water, until the water runs clear.
  2. Put the rice with the other ingredients in a saucepan, then bring to the boil, stirring once or twice.
  3. When it boils, turn down the heat, put on the lid and, at low temperature, cook for another 10 minutes.
  4. Turn off the heat, let it rest for 10 minutes with the lid on.
  5. Discard the ginger before serving.