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Coconut rice with coconut cream

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Coconut rice with coconut cream is and exceptional side dish featuring creamy rice and aromatic pandan leaves. A fragrant and comforting side dish that is super easy to make and require only a few ingredients. The pandan leaves gives this rice an authentic Asian restaurant style flavor

Cooked coconut long grain rice with pandan leaves in a rice cooker pot. A white rice spoon is holding up some rice

Make it in a rice cooker for an easy dump and go recipe. This rice cooker coconut rice is an excellent oriental side dish and pairs well with BBQ'd meat or curries but my favorite way to serve it is with cooked crabs or crayfish and garlic ginger butter.

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Ingredients Coconut rice with coconut cream

The addition of pandan leaves to this rice brings a fragrant, comforting, rich and nutty taste.

All the ingredients for coconut rice is presented on a white table
  • Long grain rice
  • coconut cream
  • water
  • pandan leaves - optional but recommended
  • salt

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions coconut rice recipe rice cooker

This coconut rice in rice cooker is quick and super easy to make. Just follow the simple steps below.

  1. Step 1: Wash the rice in cold running water then drain the water off. Repeat this 3-5 times or until the water is clear and most of the starch are washed off.
  1. Step 2: Add coconut cream, water salt and pendan leaves to the washed rice in the rice cooker pot.
  1. Step 3: Press cook on the rice cooker and cook until it's done.
  1. Step 4: Let it stand to steam off for at least 10 minutes.

Hint: Before serving, use a fork to fluff the rice and make it airy as well as mix through any coconut cream that may be sitting on top.

You can make this recipe a head of time. The rice will stay warm and keep really well inside the rice cooker on the ‘warm’ setting for several hours.

Substitutions

  • You can use Coconut milk instead of coconut cream

Variations

  • Add ginger or lemongrass while cooking for a different flavor infusion.
  • Add toasted coconut or fresh coriander (cilantro) to the cooked rice when serving it.
  • Simply skip the pandan if you don't like it or can't find it.
  • Use chicken stock instead of water for a richer flavor

Equipment

Rice cooker

Storage

Leftover rice can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge. Good for 2-3 days.

When you’re ready to eat, add a splash of water and gently reheat in the microwave or on the stove top.

Top Tip

  • Tye a knot on the pandan leave before adding it to the rice cooker. This will bruise the leaf and release more flavor into the rice.
  • For a stronger pandan taste, blend the leaves with a little water and strain the liquid into the rice before cooking it.
Pendan leaves tied int a knot on a white table top

FAQ

Can I make it on the stove top instead of the rice cooker?

Yes, you can make it on the stove top. Use 1 cup of water and a 400ml can of coconut cream for 2 cups of rice.

Do I have to rinse the rice first?

Rinsing the rice is an important step. It removes excess starch which prevents a gummy, overcooked texture.

Can I use coconut milk instead of coconut cream?

Yes, you can use coconut milk instead of coconut cream for a lighter, less creamy rice

Looking for other side dish recipes like this? Try these:

Mediterranean roasted potatoes

Mexican dumpling (Chochoyotes)

Fluffy Focaccia Bread

Zucchini garlic bites

Confit garlic

This is an extremely good, perfectly cooked rice dish that everyone loves! Creamy, fluffy and super tasty!

Did you make this creamy rice cooker coconut rice recipe? I hope you enjoyed this simple but flavorsome rice dish. Please leave me a comment and rating below. I love to hear from you!

Coconut rice in a white serving bowl with a spoon in it on a marbled table and a white and green striped tea towel next to it in the top right corner.

Coconut rice with coconut cream

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Perfectly cooked long-grain rice, cooked in the rice cooker with creamy coconut cream and a little touch of fragrant pandan. This beautiful aromatic, creamy rice requires only four ingredients and it’s ready in under 30 minutes.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine oriental
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Long grain rice
  • 1 can 400ml coconut cream
  • water fill up to level 2 cups in the rice cooker pot after the coconut cream has been added
  • 3 leaves pandan - optional
  • salt

Instructions
 

  • Wash the rice in cold running water then drain the water off. Repeat this 3-5 times or until the water is clear and most of the starch are washed off.
  • Add coconut cream, water salt and pendan leaves to the washed rice in the rice cooker pot.
  • Press cook on the rice cooker and cook until it's done..
  • Once cooked, let it stand to steam off for at least 10 minutes.

Notes

  • Before serving, use a fork to fluff the rice and make it airy and to distribute some of the coconut cream that may be sitting on top.
  • Tye a knot on the pandan leave before adding it to the rice cooker. This will bruise the leaf and release more flavor into the rice.
  • For a stronger pandan taste, blend the leaves with a little water and strain the liquid into the rice before cooking it.
 
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