Ingredients:
3 cups Basmathi rice ~ washed & soaked for 30 mins, drained
3-1/2 cups
50 pcs Butterfly-pea ~ washed, pound + 2 tbsp water & extract the juice
4 screwpine leaves ~ knot
1 lemongrass ~ bruised
2" ginger ~ bruised
Salt to taste
Condiment:
Blue torch ~ thinly sliced
Kafir Leaves ~ thinly sliced
Cucumber ~ cut matchstick
Laksa leaves ~ thinly sliced
Bean sprout
Salted egg
Fried fish
Roasted spicy coconut
Sambal belachan
Directions:
- In a rice cooker, add the drained rice & blue juice. Mix well and set aside.
- In a pot, low heat brings the coconut milk together with screwpine, lemongrass & ginger to a boil.
- Pour the coconut mixture into the rice cooker, then add salt & cook the rice as normal.
- Serve the coconut rice with the above condiments.
Roasted Spicy Coconut:
1/2 cup shredded coconut
3 shallots
1 lemongrass
1 tsp black peppercorn
Fried the coconut light golden then add the pounded ingredients. Stir-fry the mixture well coated then add sugar & salt. Fried till dark golden brown.