🇹🇴 Tongan Cuisine

Coconut Rice Tonga

Rice in Coconut Milk

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 309 kcal

Fluffy rice cooked in coconut milk. The everyday accompaniment to Tongan meals.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Rinse rice.
  2. 2 Combine with coconut milk, water, salt, sugar.
  3. 3 Add pandan leaf.
  4. 4 Bring to boil, reduce to low.
  5. 5 Cover, cook 18 minutes.
  6. 6 Fluff with butter.

Did You Know?

Rice is now more commonly eaten than taro in urban Tonga, a significant dietary shift.