The African kitchen Show #5 (How To prepare Coconut Rice) by goodybest

Good Afternoon my wonderful healthy friends! I hope you are doing really well, as for me I feel fantastic and I'm glad to welcome you to the fifth edition of the African kitchen show. It has always been soup all these while so this week I decided to cook something different; the coconut rice.

Coconut rice has always been one of the favourite dishes in many homes over here. Its been served in many occasions events and parties. The rich coconut aroma and taste usually made guest to ask for more. People cook it in different ways for example some used to add fresh tomatoes or stew to it, but I don't like it that way, I like it cooked with only coconut because I want to have that distinctive coconut taste.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF COCONUT RICE:

Coconut may be classified as a nut or fruit depending on what it is used for. In culinary world we view it as fruit because of a sweet nutty flavour it added to dishes.

Coconut is a source of healthy fats and it has various health benefits it contains protein and fibre as well as essential minerals like iron, copper, Manganese and magnesium. Sometimes it is used as part of traditional medicine, Its meat is used to counteract some poison, ease inflammation, kill bacterial and protect against disease.

It improves endurance and give us a better oral health, it also helps in losing weight. Coconut is rich in antioxidants, vitamins and thus helping speeding up metabolism. The coconut milk extracted from the coconut is used in preparing the rice, the milk contain lauric acid a product found in mother's milk which promote brain development and Bone health. I know you will like to tap in all this benefits.

INGREDIENTS:

Coconut, Rice, goat meat, fresh pepper, crayfish, bonga fish, carrots, green beans, and onions

PREPARATION:

• Seasoning your goat meat, cook it and keep aside.

• Crack the nuts, carved out the meat and wash it, cut the meat into smaller pieces, if you're intended to blend it, but leave it at this size if you're grating (using grater, Manually) in my case I used blender.

• Put the meat into the blender, add some water to it and blend it for at least 5 minutes.

• Pour the blended coconut meat into shifter and drained out the milk, add water to the chaffed and wash out all the milk.

• Wash and parboil your Rice for at least 15 minutes, shift out the water, wash again and put the rice in the cooking pot.

• Pour the coconut milk water into The rice make sure the water covers the rice small so that it will be soft, then grind your crayfish and bonga fish and put in the pot, add seasoning cubes, pepper and salt to taste. and finally your meat.

• On your gas and put your pot of coconut rice on the 🔥 fire.

• Cut your carrots and green beans and fry.

• Reduced the fire when the water start to dry and use the veggies and onions to garnish the rice.

• Check and confirm if the rice is soft and put down the pot when the water is dry. Wawu your coconut rice is ready to be eaten!

^{my palatable coconut rice!}

The meal was so yummy 🤤 I downloaded it with 🥤 cola haha, you can eat this meal at anytime of the day, be it in the morning, afternoon or evening. Coconut rice is called "Edesi isip" in ibibio language.

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This is the 🔚 I wish you a pleasant week ahead!!! Hey don't fail to tell me if you like my coconut rice, note I welcome 🤗 suggestions, you can contact me on telegram https://t.me/goodybestt. Bye see you next week!!!

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