Inject a little coconut into your diet with this recipe for organic coconut rice with seasonal greens. A healthy and delicious option, this recipe is a great way to introduce flavourful and exotic ingredients to the family menu. Serve as a main or as a side to white fish.
Serves 2 – 4
Cooking time: 20 mins
What You’ll Need:
- ½ mug basmati rice
- a pinch of sea salt
- 1 mug coconut milk
- A good pinch or two of fresh chilli, finely chopped (to taste)
- 2 handfuls of fresh seasonal greens, finely chopped
- Toasted coconut, to serve
What To Do:
- Get a lidded frying pan hot. Turn the heat down. Toast your rice for a few seconds. Shake the pan a couple of times. Add a pinch of salt.
- Pour in the coconut milk and 2 tablespoons cold water. Stir through. Cover. Simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off heat.
- Let the rice steam a further 5 mins.
- Remove lid. Turn heat back on. Fold chilli and greens through. Cook just long enough to soften the greens. Serve up just when they’ve gone bright and glossy green.
- Garnish with toasted coconut, if you like.
Recipe from abelandcole.co.uk