# Coconut Milk Rice (Kiribath)

A traditional Sri Lankan dish made from rice and coconut milk, commonly served for breakfast.

- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups basmati rice
- 4.5 cups water
- 9 tablespoons coconut milk powder
- 2.5 cups hot water
- 2 teaspoons salt

## Instructions

1. Add rice to a bowl and rinse with room temperature water until the water runs nearly clear then drain the rice in a fine-mesh strainer
2. Add rice to a saucepan or pot and pour in water
3. Cover and cook over medium heat until the rice is fully cooked
4. Dissolve coconut milk powder in hot water
5. Dissolve salt in coconut milk mixture
6. Turn the heat to medium-low heat. Add coconut milk mixture to the cooked rice and mix well, stirring constantly
7. Once the coconut milk is fully absorbed and the rice become a little sticky and thicker, turn off the stove and pour it in a dish
8. Flatten it thick and smooth out the surface of the milk rice with the back of a flat spoon or a spatula
9. Let it cool down completely
10. Cut it into a diamond shape or square pieces
11. Serve with lunu miris or seeni sambol

## Equipment

- bowl
- fine-mesh strainer
- saucepan
- pot
- flat spoon
- spatula
- knife
- dish

## Tips

- Any raw rice can be used, but not par-boiled rice
- Start with 2 ½ cups of milk mixture to begin with.
- Use 2 tablespoons of coconut milk powder if you want less coconut flavour.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/NaEffAgzvLc
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/96d842d9-5ac3-4345-9d9f-6cd33ee5163b
- Extracted: 2025-05-09

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