Fragrant Coconut Rice
Ingredients
4.5 cups coconut milk
0.5 tsp. ground black pepper
1 stalk of fresh lemon grass
0.5 tsp. ground nutmeg (try cashewnuts for a new flavor)
500 gms. rice
salt to taste
Method
Put the coconut milk with all the other ingredients, except the rice into a large saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Bring it slowly to a boil, keeping it uncovered and stirring all the time.
Add the rice and return to a boil. Turn the heat to minimum and cover the pan with the lid. Let the ingredients work their way into the now steamed rice.
Jab it with a fork and stir in the coconut milk not absorbed into the rice, until it does so. Replace the lid for 5 minutes and turn off your burner.
That's it! It's that easy; takes 15 minutes to prepare and less than a minute to gobble up!
To go with this fabulous rice go for some:
Balinese Fried Chicken
Ingredients
1 chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp. fresh ginger chopped
3 fresh red chillies seeded and chopped
4-5 cashewnuts unsalted
1 tbsp. dark, thick soya sauce
if available, 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 cup coconut milk
2 tbsp. lemon juice
salt
a load of groundnut oil to fry
Method
Put onion, garlic, ginger, chilis, nuts and sauces into the blender and blend into a thick, smooth paste. Cut the chicken into medium-size pieces. If you're using boneless chhicken precut, that's just great, but there's nothing like chewing on a chicken drumstick!
Now, add oil to your super-hot wok or pan, and quickly fry the chicken pieces. Remove them and drain out all but 1 tbsp. of the oil from the pan.
You should have fried, unseasoned chicken pices and a hot pan with 1 tbsp. oil in it now. Add the blendedd paste to the pan and let it fry for some time. Add sugar, lemon, salt, coconut milk and keep stirring constantly while the mixture comes to a boil.
Return the chicken to the pan and let it simmer for about ten minutes. Meanwhile, down a can of cherry coke. The chicken should turn tender and the gravy, thick! Chow down with the coconut rice....
I think this is one of the best chicken preparations I've ever come up with. The Balinese Fried Chicken is the original froma newspaper clipping with modifications that enhance some of the individual flavors. Do try to get your hands on some oyster sauce.
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