Ingredients
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1 tablespoon butter
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1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia or 1 red onion, chopped)
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2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
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2 minced garlic cloves
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14 ounces light unsweetened coconut milk
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2 cups water
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2 teaspoons salt
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1/2 teaspoon curry powder
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1 mango
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1 sweet red pepper
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2 tablespoons lime juice or 2 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
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1/2 cup coriander leaves, coarsely chopped
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1 green onion
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1 1/2 cups long-grain rice
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
- Add sweet onion, ginger and garlic, if using.
- Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add rice and stir until grains are coated with butter.
- Shake can of coconut milk; add to rice along with water, salt and curry, if using.
- Cover and bring mixture to a boil.
- Stir and reduce heat to low; Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, peel mango and slice into thin bite-size strips or chop, then place in a bowl.
- Seed and chop pepper, slice green onions in half, lengthwise, then into 1-inch (2.5-cm) pieces; Add to mango and stir in lime juice.
- After rice has cooked 20 minutes, stir in mango mixture.
- Cover, remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes to warm mango.
- Serve scattered with coriander, if you wish.
- A nice way to present this dish is to lightly pack rice mixture into a small rounded bowl or cup, then turn out onto a plate and top with coriander.
- Enjoy! ;).