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It’s not very often I can say I come up with a truly original recipe however I think I have a winner. I’ve searched the interwebs and can find a few variations but nothing that uses the same ingredients. I’m sure now I’ve said that, someone will prove me wrong!
This recipe for coconut papaya basmati rice with cilantro is amazing by itself but is also great with a light fish like Flounder or Tilapia.
A rice or pressure cooker is great to cook the rice but if you don’t have either or have burnt your rice more than once then check out my recipe for the easiest way to cook rice.
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- Rinse rice to remove starch
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- 1 hour later you have perfect rice
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- Then cover with foil
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- Cover with plastic Wrap
Ingredients
- 2 cups white basmati rice
- 1 can (13.5 oz) coconut milk (Not the light kind, the full fat one!)
- 1 can (13.5 oz) water
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 2 cups papaya, peeled, seeded and diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350ºf
- Rinse rice thoroughly to remove excess starch. This makes the rice fluffy not sticky
- Add rice, salt, coconut milk and water in a baking dish. For 2 cups of rice an 8x8x2 pyrex or aluminum baking pan works well.
- Cover rice with plastic wrap and then foil
- Bake for 1hr
- While rice is in oven mix papaya, cilantro and honey in a bowl and set aside
- Remove rice from oven and add papaya cilantro mix and fluff with fork
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What a great idea for a side dish! I haven’t cooked much with papaya–I need to try experimenting with that.
I think mango would be a good substitution as well but I find that papayas are riper right now.