HOW TO MAKE NIGERIAN COCONUT RICE / STEP BY STEP RECIPE

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: coconut cream diluted with water

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil adds healthy fats, while canola is less expensive.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: habanero

Jalapeños are milder, while habaneros are more accessible.

chicken or vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth is healthier and cheaper than store-bought.

Start by breaking the coconuts and washing them to remove sand.

Dice the coconut into smaller cubes for blending.

Blend the coconut with a lot of water until smooth.

Sieve the blended coconut to extract the coconut milk, ensuring no coconut shaft enters the milk.

Wash and blend the pepper, tomatoes, and onions to make a stew base.

Heat oil in a pot and add diced onions, cooking for about 30 seconds.

Add the blended pepper mix to the pot and stir, allowing it to cook for about five minutes to dry out.

Add spices: seasoning powder, curry powder, and crayfish, and cook for another 10 minutes.

Add dry fish to the pepper mix and cook for a while before adding rice.

Stir the rice into the pepper mix and allow it to cook for about five minutes.

Add stock water to the rice and stir to ensure the flavors are absorbed.

Add the extracted coconut milk to the rice, filtering out any dirt.

Stir the mixture and add a little more water if needed, being careful not to add too much.

Check the rice as it boils and stir to mix all ingredients properly.

Add remaining stock water, seasoning powder, dry pepper, seasoning cubes, and salt to taste.

Cover and cook for about 20 minutes until the rice is done.

Sprinkle in carrots and allow to heat up before serving.

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