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    Home » Breakfast

    Oct 3, 2018 by Farwin.

    Srilankan Milk Rice-kiribath

    Happy New Year to all of you! I wish you a happy 2012 filled with lots of love,joy and laughter.
    Here's to new beginnings with a traditional Coconut Milk Rice or Kiribath,the way we Srilankans celebrate new year, be it  Roman or the traditional Sinhalese new year. Kiribath makes it's way into every important event or auspicious moment in a Lankan's life.
    Be it a wedding,a graduation,a new addition to the family,these white diamonds are an unmistakable sight to adorn the tables. It's made with new rice in a new clay pot to symbolize new beginnings and prosperity.

     

    This dish is normally eaten for breakfast with a spicy chilli sambal called Katta Sambal,the reddish blob on the diamond in the photos or the mild version of it with onions and green chillies called Lunu Miris.
    I've seen a  similar dish in Malaysian cuisine called Nasi Lemak also eaten with some form of sambal.The origins of this dish can be traced to the early Malay workers who migrated into the country,as with many of our local dishes.

    The addition of Pandan/Screwpine leaf locally called as Rampe is what makes this dish stand out with it's unique flowery aroma and flavor.

    I sneak this recipe into my weekend breakfasts once or twice a month,for the ease of cooking it.And since the family sits together for breakfasts only on weekends,I follow along the path of a traditional one.
    Wait...That's not all.I wouldn't be leaving without a sweet note in the beginning of the year.The same milk rice can be eaten with sweet additions too.A sprinkle of crushed jaggery is my favorite.After a while,the jaggery melts and the juices will seep down into the rice.If you don't have jaggery a good amount of brown sugar,white sugar or syrups will do the trick.

    Coconut Milk Rice
    Ingredients:
    2 cups of white rice,washed and soaked for 30 minutes
    4 ½ cups of water
    salt
    Pandan/ScrewPine leaf (optional)
    3 cardomom pods/2 cloves/2 cinnamon sticks
    1 cup coconut milk

    *For the Onion chilli sambal
    Handful of shallots,cleaned and sliced
    1 green chilli sliced
    1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
    juice of half a lime
    salt to taste

    Method:
    Place the rice,water,salt and the spices in a pot and cook in medium flame until the rice becomes mushy.Add the coconut milk,give it a stir and adjust the seasonings.Let it simmer until all the liquid has evaporated and the rice becomes a one big mass.Press the cooked rice onto a plate and let it cool.Then slice it into diamonds.

    *For the sambal,mix all the ingredients.Add lime juice and salt to your taste.

     

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    1. schmetterlingwords says

      January 05, 2012 at 4:52 pm

      The Kiribaath looks very beautiful and traditional. I would love to make it too. What type of rice can be used? Parboiled or raw rice like Basmati?

      By the way, wishing you and your family a very happy new year!! 🙂

      Reply
    2. Love and other Spices says

      January 05, 2012 at 5:06 pm

      Hi dear,Thank you for the lovely words.I've used Basmati here.

      Reply
    3. Anh says

      January 05, 2012 at 10:54 pm

      oh my. I'd love to eat this. lunch, breakfast, dinner. :>

      Reply
    4. Love and other Spices says

      January 05, 2012 at 11:29 pm

      Thanks Anh for dropping by...

      Reply
    5. Indu says

      January 06, 2012 at 4:13 am

      Very interesting, how the kiribath is made with new rice in new pots. Beautiful presentation!

      [email protected] http://indugetscooking.blogspot.com

      Reply
    6. Raji says

      January 06, 2012 at 7:10 am

      Oh wow this is so lovely Farwin...your traditional dishes are simply superb..would love to try this..I would always prefer one with spicy sambal.

      Reply
    7. Deeps @ Naughty Curry says

      January 07, 2012 at 5:24 pm

      looks fab! lovely clicks & this recipe looks so simple im gonan try it & then i can add sri lankan cusine to my repertoire! 🙂

      Reply
    8. Athisaya Divya says

      January 07, 2012 at 7:59 pm

      Love milk rice. This looks very pretty 🙂

      Reply
    9. Anonymous says

      January 09, 2012 at 8:30 pm

      Oh my goodness, I can't tell you how glad I am to have come across your site! My husband is Sri Lankan (I'm white) and I love their food, but both of us have no idea how to cook Sri Lankan food and his mom lives in Canada (we live in the UK), and she also doesn't use recipes very much, so when I ask her how to make something, she often finds it hard to tell me. My favourites are aubergine curry, chicken curry and vegetable curry - not sure if those are technically the correct names for them, but that's what I call them. I'd love you forever if you posted those recipes. Thanks so much, and I'll be following closely!

      Reply
    10. Now Serving says

      January 10, 2012 at 12:51 am

      love the colorful topping 🙂 looks yum!

      Reply
    11. Torviewtoronto says

      January 15, 2012 at 7:49 pm

      delicious looking kiri bath 🙂 looks fabulous

      Reply
    12. Anonymous says

      January 16, 2012 at 11:55 am

      Looks so tempting and seems easy to put together. I think my pick would be with the jaggery. Yum

      Reply
    13. Asmita says

      February 04, 2012 at 8:21 pm

      Delicious!!!

      Reply
    14. Asmita says

      February 04, 2012 at 8:21 pm

      Delicious!!!

      Reply
    15. Ruwani Kumar says

      February 20, 2013 at 6:12 pm

      Hi ! Glad I found a fellow Sri Lankan blogger ! Love the blog and the recipes 🙂

      Reply
    16. Love and other Spices says

      February 20, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      Thanks Ruwani, for stopping by 🙂

      Reply

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