Coconut rice with chicken gravy and pickled baby radish recipe

Coconut rice (Ohn htamin) which is commonly paired with gravy dish (sibyan hin) is one of my favourites among many other dishes that my mother cooked for us. It is tasty yet simple to prepare but I must admit I have not try cooking this dish before. So let me just share my mother’s recipe.

Coconut rice recipe

170g of freshly grated coconut
3 cups of rice
Add rice and coconut juice to the rice cooker and cook. Please note that the amount of coconut juice added is the same as the amount of water added for normal cooking.

During the cooking process, remember to give it a stir at least two or three times as this would prevent lump of coconut cream forming at the top.

Chicken gravy recipe

Heat oil in the cooking vessel over a medium heat. Add the red onions, garlic and ginger paste to the heated oil. Add red chilli powder and stir well. Let it cook for about five minutes.
Marinate chicken pieces with salt, mono sodium glutamate and turmeric powder. Add the marinated chicken to the gravy and stir well. Cover with the lid and let it cook for about 5-8 minutes over a medium heat. Add ½ a cup of water and stir. Then cover with the lid and continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes before adding masala. Cover and let it simmer for 5-8 minutes and its done! Usually it is ready when the oil has separated from the gravy.

Radish pickle recipe

Wash and slice the radish on both sides. Sprinkle salt and marinate for about 20 minutes. Then drain the radish thoroughly and add 2 tablespoons of artificial white vinegar. Add the fried crispy onions, a little bit of oil as well as sprinkle toasted sesame seeds.

Mum's coconut rice set meal :)

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A home-made cucumber pickle

Serves : 2

This is one of the popular dishes from Moulmein. A home-made cucumber pickle. If you prepare this correctly, the cucumber should be crunchy. Yummy!!!! Usually, this dish is served together with curry chicken and coconut rice. I will share with you the recipe of Burmese coconut rice in future.

Method

Step 1:

Wash the cucumber and cut off the ends.

Usually, the bottom part of cucumber taste bitter so we just cut and discard that part.

Step 2:

Cut the cucumber into half.

Step 3:

Remove the seeds using a teaspoon.

Step 4:
Thinly sliced the cucumber as shown below.

Step 5:
Toss in a bowl with the salt(1/2 teaspoon).

Step 6:
Place the cucumber on a clean kitchen towel.

Step 7:
Tie this up into a bundle like this.

Step 8:

Place the cucumber bundle on the higher end of the tilted chopping board. Place heavy weights on the bundle to drain the cucumber. In this case, i used mortar and pestle. You can see water dripping down. It is very important to drain the cucumber thoroughly.

After 2-3 hours, remove the weights.

Step 9:

Add 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar and let it chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. (Chilling part is optional. I prefer to eat this chilled.)

Final step:
Add 1 tablespoon of fried onions and remaining oil from the fried onions.
Add 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame seeds.
Seasons to taste.
Mixed well and is ready to tuck in!

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