How I prepared my signature coconut rice.

Hello! This is another creative Sunday's writing, bringing to the table what our knowledge and hands had created.

The cost of tomato is skyrocketing day by day, even when you try to buy it, it's looks discouraging the ones in my area are unripe. It doesn't look healthy yet very expensive. So... I remembered I had some coconuts at home, what else do I need to prepare a coconut rice?🤔

Ingredients;

1. Dried fish
2. Crayfish
3. Scotch bonnet
4. Chilli peppers
5. Beef
6. salt
7. Season cubes
8. Spring onion
9. Scent leaf
10. Onions
11. Curry powder
12. Ginger
13. Groundnut oil
14. Rice
15. Coconut milk

Step 1: wash and dice the coconut, blend smooth using warm water, to get much milk. Then sieve to remove chaff.

N.B: You can make use of processed coconut milk (CAN or TIN) if want.

Wash + blend + sieve = milk

Step 2: wash and season the beef, cook until it is soft.

Season + cook = tasty soft beef

Step 3: fry the beef, I like it brown 🙂
Fry

Step 4: heat the oil, add a pinch of salt then add the chopped onion and grated ginger, fry for a little while, add pepper mix(scotch bonnet and chilli peppers) fry until it blends in, then add the crayfish and dried fish and fry to your taste. Add salt and season cubes to taste.

Heat oil+onions+pepper mix+crayfish+dried fish+salt+season cubes

Step 5: wash and parboil the rice and drain out the water.

Step 6: In an empty pot pour the rice then add the sauce and mix it nicely, then add the meat stock mix it properly, pour in the coconut milk, turn it using a wooden spoon or turner, lower the heat (so it doesn't get burnt) and allow to cook.

Add sauce

Add coconut milk

Step 7: when the rice is almost dried, add spring onions and scent leaf. Allow to dry properly.

Spring onion+scent leaf

Food is ready! Oops I mean our signature coconut rice is ready

And of course it was yummy 😋

All images are mine