Lemon Rice With Coconut Food

STEAMED RICE WITH COCONUT AND LEMON

Steps:

• In a pot with a tight-fitting lid (or rice cooker) combine all ingredients.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, cooking uncovered; stir occasionally.
• When rice boils, cover pot and reduce heat to low.
• Cook for 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let sit with lid on for 10 minutes.

LEMON RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until soft, taking care not to let them color, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the rice and stir to coat with the oil. Add 3 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, then cover and cook until all of the liquid has been absorbed, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and fluff with a fork to separate the grains. Let sit, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add the lemon juice and mint to the rice and toss to distribute evenly.
• Serve hot, garnished with chopped mint.

LEMON RICE WITH COCONUT CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Lemon Rice: Cook the rice with required amount of salt and cool.
• The grains should be separate.
• In a wok heat the oil.
• When hot, put in the mustard seeds and lower the heat.
• When the seeds splutter, put in the roasted, peanuts, the turmeric powder and cayenne pepper powder.
• Take off the heat.
• Add the cooled rice.
• When cool, add the juice of two lemons.
• Adjust the amount of lemon juice depending upon the size of lemons and the sourness required and stir carefully so as not to break the rice grains.
• Serve with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tomato ketchup and potato crisps.
• Coconut Chutney: Grind all ingredients together with a enough water to form a paste.
• In a small wok, heat 2 tsps of cooking oil, add 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
• When the seeds splutter, take off heat and pour over coconut paste.
• Add salt to taste.
• Serve with the Lemon Rice.

LEMONGRASS-SCENTED COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• 1. Place the rice in a 1-1/2- or 2-quart saucepan. Fill the pot halfway with cold water. If any rice hulls or small twigs float to the surface, scoop them aside with your hand and discard them. Gently swirl your fingers through the rice until the water becomes cloudy with the rice's surface starch, about 20 seconds. Be careful not to massage the rice aggressively-you don't want to crack or break the grains. Allow the rice to settle for a few seconds. Tilt the pot over a sink and drain out all the water, cupping the rice with your hand to prevent it from spilling out of the pot. Repeat this process with three more changes of water. The water after the first 2 rinses will be quite cloudy; by the fourth rinse, it will be much less so. The water need not run completely clear by the final rinse-slightly cloudy is fine. Leave the rinsed rice in the pot.
• 2. To the rinsed rice, add the tied lemongrass, the cooking water, the coconut milk, the salt, and the daun salam leaves (if using). Stir well to combine, making sure that the lemongrass stalks and daun salam leaves are submerged in as much of the rice as possible.
• 3. Place the pot over high heat and, stirring constantly with a large spoon to prevent the rice at the bottom of the pot from scorching or burning, bring the liquid to a rolling, noisy boil. Allow the rice to boil vigorously for fifteen seconds, continuing to stir constantly. (It's essential that you stir constantly, otherwise the fats and proteins in the coconut milk will cause the rice at the bottom of the pot to become gummy and stick together, which will ultimately lead to the final dish having a scorched or burned bottom layer.) Immediately reduce the heat to the lowest possible setting and cover the pot tightly with the lid. Continue cooking for 15 minutes. Don't be tempted to lift or remove the lid during this time-you'll lose essential cooking steam if you do.
• 4. Remove the pot from the heat and allow the rice to continue to steam, covered, away from the heat for an additional 10 minutes.
• 5. Open the pot and discard the lemongrass and daun salam leaves. Fold the rice over gently with a spoon, distributing the aromatic flavors which may be concentrated in pockets in the rice. Transfer the rice to a deep serving bowl, fluffing it gently with a fork and lifting it into a high, peaked mound. Serve hot or warm. (If serving the rice warm, keep it covered with aluminum foil until then.)

LEMON RICE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring water, broth, lemon juice and butter to a boil. Stir in rice, basil and lemon zest. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes or until the water is absorbed. Before serving, sprinkle with lemon-pepper.