Exotic Milk Rice

As a child I loved eating milk rice with cacao, it was the best food in the evening. Now I wanted to try something different. The idea of a milk rice with coconut milk came to my mind. I also wanted to mix it with exotic fruits to get the summer feeling of an isolated island in the Caribbean.

Have fun with my Instructable. Let´s get started.

• short grain rice (300 g)
• coconut milk (800 ml)
• water (300 ml)
• powdered bourbon-vanilla (1 pack)
• sugar
• salt
• desiccated coconut
• pineapple
• 2 bananas
• mango

ingredients for 4 servings

At first, mix water, the coconut milk, 3 tablespoons full of sugar and a pinch of salt in a pot. Turn on the stove, to a medium setting.

Now add the rice. It needs to be simmered for about 15 minutes and constantly stirred to reach the right consistency.

After a while, you can see the rice is coming up. Now you have to add half a pack of powdered bourbon-vanilla-bean. Stirr it again till the whole liquid is absorbed by the rice.

Now the exotic fruit party begins. Dice the pineapple, cut the mango and the two bananas.

Before you plate the exotic milk rice, try some fancy caramel art. Heat some sugar in a pot, till it gets a light brown colour. After a while chilling, pour the caramel over a oiled spoon. If it has the right consistency you can pull strings and place it on the plate.

At the end, my favourite part of serving food happens. Plate the milk rice up to a beautiful plate. Apply the fruits and the caramel. Finish with some desiccated coconut und love (the chef at my workplace always added something green at the end - this was the love and completed the plate).

And now - enjoy your exotic milk rice and dream about long sand beaches, cocktails and summer vacation.