🇻🇺 Ni-Vanuatu Cuisine

Coconut Rice Vanuatu

Rice in Coconut Milk

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 309 kcal

Rice cooked in coconut milk until fluffy and fragrant. The standard accompaniment to everything.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Rinse rice until clear.
  2. 2 Combine rice, coconut milk, water, salt, and sugar.
  3. 3 Add pandan leaf.
  4. 4 Bring to boil, reduce to low heat.
  5. 5 Cover and cook 18 minutes.
  6. 6 Remove pandan, stir in butter, fluff.

Did You Know?

Rice replaced traditional staples like taro and yam as the primary carbohydrate for many Ni-Vanuatu families.