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How to cook yellow glutinous rice (nasi kunyit)

Cook Yellow Glutinous Rice (Nasi Kunyit)

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Soak glutinous rice with turmeric powder and tamarind skins, preferably overnight.

Soak glutinous rice with turmeric powder and tamarind skins, preferably overnight.

Prepare wok to steam yellow glutinous rice

Prepare wok to steam yellow glutinous rice

Line steaming pan with pandan leaves

Line steaming pan with pandan leaves

Evenly spoon glutinous rice and white peppercorns in pan.

Evenly spoon glutinous rice and white peppercorns in pan.

Add diluted coconut milk into rice at 10 minutes intervals until rice almost cooked.

Add diluted coconut milk into rice at 10 minutes intervals until rice almost cooked.

Add concentrated coconut milk into almost cooked rice and let cook another 10 minutes.

Add concentrated coconut milk into almost cooked rice and let cook another 10 minutes.

Remove pandan leaves from rice before serving.

Remove pandan leaves from rice before serving.

And you're done! Yummmmmy with curry chicken ...mamak style.

  • 500.0g Glutinous rice
  • 2.0 Dried tamarind skin
  • 1/2Tbsp Turmeric powder
  • 200.0ml Coconut milk
  • 20.0 Peppercorns
  • 6.0 Pandan leaves
  • 1.0tsp Salt or to taste