Colombian Caribbean
Arroz con coco
Rice cooked in coconut milk that has been fried until toasty brown. Cartagena's sweet, nutty rice.
60 minTime
7 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayRice in titoté coconut milk, Cartagena style.
The original456kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
6 gfibresame
60minutessame
Arroz con coco titoté.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
4 steps- 1Blend the coconut with the hot water and squeeze through a cloth to get coconut milk.
- 2Boil 1 cup of the milk in a heavy pot until the oil separates and the solids fry dark brown, about 20 minutes.
- 3Add the remaining milk, sugar, salt and raisins and bring to a boil. Add the rice.
- 4Cook until the liquid sinks to the rice, then cover and cook on very low heat 20 minutes.
Serve it like this
Mound the rice beside a whole fried fish with patacones and a tomato and onion salad.