Coconut, Pineapple Thai Fried Rice

This great tropical flavoured Coconut, Pineapple Thai Fried Rice is incredibly delicious and this fantastic recipe is a keeper!  It's a treat for your taste buds. This dish is perfect for small get together or on a lazy weekend where you don't have to work too hard to cook something delicious.

I love everything about this recipe. it's a perfect combination, flavourful and easy to prepare. There is a little surprise sweetness from the pineapple, a bit of creaminess from the coconut and mild spiciness derived from the Thai Curry paste,  and by adding little lime juice and coriander enhances the flavours and lightly roasted cashew adds a bit of crunch. So many amazing flavours, textures and ingredients in one dish which makes this rice extra special. Moreover, this rice is completely vegan and gluten free itself, which adds an extra point to this dish.

We Love Rice, although we try to cut down on it, occasionally good flavoured rice dishes have always been appreciated by the family, I just need to prepare some fresh salad and raita to make a complete meal. This Beetroot, Tofu and English Mustard rice, a wholesome one pot meal is a great choice for a lunch or dinner or this easy peasy Green Peas and Potato Rice is a great comfort food and always makes me so cosy. This Coconut, Pineapple Thai Fried Rice is no exception!

More Rice Recipes-> Coconut and Almond Rice | Green Peas and Mint Rice |Khada Masala Bhat(Rice Cooked with Whole Spices) | Raw Mango Rice | Tawa Rice-Pulao | Dry Fruits and Nut Pulao

When I prepared Mango Kadhi, I also prepared this rice dish first time and sent it to our daughter who studies away from home. Because I was preparing quite a few dishes same time early in the morning, I decided to prepare fried rice, so most of the preparation for this rice was done on the previous night. Rice turned out incredibly tasty, each mouthful tasted better than the last one and the amazing taste surprised us all. After few days, I received these texts from daughter!


How can I refuse my daughter's requests, all the necessary stock is piled up in my kitchen to prepare this delicious rice once again, all the good reasons since she is coming to see A.R.Rahman in concert this weekend in London too.

So all you readers why don't you prepare the Coconut, Pineapple Thai Fried Rice, maybe it is something different for you to try. I think you'll all like this one!!!

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Coconut, Pineapple Thai Fried Rice

by Jagruti July-6-2017

This Coconut, Pineapple Thai Fried Rice is incredibly tasty and super easy to make. This Fantastic Recipe is a keeper!

Ingredients

• 500g Basmati Rice ( I used sella basmati)
• 400ml Coconut Milk
• 250g Pineapple chunks
• 2-3 tbsp. Thai Red Curry paste
• 150g Lightly roasted cashew nuts
• 1 Onion finely chopped
• 1 tbsp. Ginger-garlic Puree
• small bunch Spring onion chopped
• 200g Steamed Mixed vegetables ( carrots, green peas, green beans, corn)
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp. Black Pepper Powder
• 1 tsp. Red chilli flakes
• 1 tsp. Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. Lime Juice
• 2-3 tbsp. Fresh coriander leaves
• 2-3 tbsp. Coconut or any other oil

Instructions

Wash rice under water till water runs clean and set aside to soak for half an hour or more.Bring it to boil 200 ml water and coconut milk on a gentle heat.Once coconut mixture starts boiling add rice. Keep the heat on medium.Cover the lid and cook the rice on a low heat and cook as you would do regular rice.Once rice is done, leave to cool and leave it whole night in a refrigerator.Once you are ready to fry the rice, heat oil in a wok or pan.Add onion and ginger-garlic paste.Add steamed vegetables and stir for a couple of minutes.Add roasted cashew nuts and white parts of spring onions.Now add red curry paste, soy sauce, salt, black pepper powder and red chilli flakes.Stir everything and add pineapple chunks.Then add cooked rice, mix everything well.Add lime juice, mix once again.Cook the rice couple of minute but make sure rice doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.Turn off the heat, garnish the rice with the fresh coriander and green parts of spring onion.Serve hot with extra wedges of lime.Enjoy!

Details

Prep time: 10 hour 30 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 11 hour Yield: 4 people