Yellow Rice (Nasi Kuning)

Ingredients

  • 1 kg jasmine
  • 1 liter water
  • 2 cup coconut milk
  • 1 liter hot water
  • 6 tbsp Balinese spice paste
  • 1 piece bay leaf
  • 1 piece lemon grass
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 2 pieces kaffir leaf

Method

  1. Wash and rinse the rice. Do this repeatedly until the rice is clean.
  2. Soak rice for 30 minutes
  3. Heat water in a rice steamer, add the clean rice and steam for 20 minutes, until rice is hard and sticky
  4. Meanwhile, heat water, coconut milk and spice paste in a stock pot
  5. Add in the bay and kaffir leaves, knotted lemongrass, salt and pepper.
  6. Stir using wooden spatula over a low heat
  7. Put rice from the steamer into a stainless steel bowl and pour yellow water mix over the top and soak for 20 minutes until the rice dries
  8. Return the rice to the rice steamer and steam for another 25 minutes
  9. Arrange the cooked rice in a clean rice basket