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Volume VEasternBurmese

Inspired by: Ohn htamin

  • All year

Burmese Coconut Rice (Ohn Htamin)

Rice Dishes & BowlsRice
Serves
4
Portion
≈180 g
Time
35 min
Texture
Soft
Season
All year
Dosha
  • Vata
  • Pitta
  • Kapha

Vata–Pitta

Ingredients

What you need

Translate ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
DoneIngredientHousehold measureQuantity (4 servings)Café batch ×5
Rice, white basmati (raw)1¼ cups250 g1250 g
Coconut milk, thin¾ cup + 1 tbsp200 ml1000 ml
Water¾ cup + 1 tbsp200 ml1000 ml
Rock salt (sendha namak)½ tsp3 g15 g
Jaggery (gur)1 tsp5 g25 g
Sesame seeds (til)2 tsp toasted10 g50 g

Method

How to cook it

  1. Step 1: Cook rice with coconut milk, water, salt and jaggery: boil, cover, low heat 15 minutes.

  2. Step 2: Rest; fluff; top with sesame.

Nutrition

Per serving, estimated

298kcal
Energy
5.7g
Protein
7.6g
Fat
51.9g
Carbohydrate
1.4g
Fibre
0.8g
Salt

Low salt · 0.8 g per serving (low <1 g; moderate 1–1.8 g; high >1.8 g) · Salt guide

Where the energy comes from

Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g

Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.

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