Easiest Way to Make Favorite Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Glutinous Rice)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, nasi kunyit (turmeric glutinous rice). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Glutinous Rice) served with Chicken Curry. In Malaysia, the Malays as well as the Chinese serve Nasi Kunyit during special occasions. This yellow rice dish is glutinous (sweet/sticky) rice cooked in coconut milk and turmeric. The color yellow signifies good fortune, wealth, and royalty.

Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Glutinous Rice) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Glutinous Rice) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have nasi kunyit (turmeric glutinous rice) using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Glutinous Rice):

1. Take 1 kg Glutinous rice
2. Take 1 tbsp Turmeric powder
3. Prepare 1/2 medium Lime (juice)
4. Take 4 clove Garlic (minced)
5. Make ready 350 ml Coconut milk
6. Make ready 4 tbsp Sugar
7. Make ready 2 stick Cinnamon
8. Prepare 1 clove Star anis

Yellow Glutinous rice is sometimes called Turmeric Glutinous Rice or what we locals would call "Nasi Kunyit" or "Pulut Kunyit". Rinse and drain soaked turmeric glutinous rice. Lined Varoma deep dish with a piece of banana leaf, then spread glutinous rice on top and place in knotted pandan leaves. Wash the glutinous rice, add the turmeric powder and dried tamarind peel.

Steps to make Nasi Kunyit (Turmeric Glutinous Rice):

1. Soak the glutinous rice + turmeric powder + lime juice for at least 8 hours.
2. Strain the glutinous rice
3. Prepare the steam cooker. Put 1 stick cinnamon + star anis in the water.
4. Put another 1 stick cinnamon together with the glutinous rice
5. Steam the glutinous rice around 20 minutes until the rice cooked
6. In the meantime boil the coconut milk + sugar + garlic
7. Add 3/4 of coconut milk to the cooked rice. Mix it well. The taste supposed to be sweet. If its not sweet enough add another sugar in coconut milk and pour all coconut milk and mix it.
8. Shape it on the plate while its warm

Lined Varoma deep dish with a piece of banana leaf, then spread glutinous rice on top and place in knotted pandan leaves. Wash the glutinous rice, add the turmeric powder and dried tamarind peel. Lightly grease the steaming tray, put the pandan leaves at the bottom of the tray, set aside. Drain the soaked glutinous rice, take away the dried tamarind. Place a muslin cloth inside the steamer and evenly spread the soaked rice onto the cloth.

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