Kiri Bath Recipe

Kiri Bath Recipe

(Sri Lankan Milk Rice cooked in coconut milk recipe)

2 cups short grain white rice

3 cups water

2 cups thick coconut milk

2 teaspoons salt

1 stick cinnamon, optional

Method:

Wash rice and put rice and water into a pan and bring to the boil.  Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.  Add coconut milk, salt and cinnamon, stir well with handle of a wooden spoon, cover pan and simmer on low heat for further 10-15 minutes, when all the coconut milk should be absorbed.  Remove cinnamon, cool slightly, then turn out on to a flat plate.  Mark off in diamond shapes and serve with coconut sambol.