Pegaga Rice

been awhile since i've updated this page with my recipes..
promises kept on hold for sometime - Here's my simple recipe for Pegaga Rice..

Before I list down the ingredients, let me share a few tips on making this rice. My personal preferences when cooking rice with coconut milk or milk-  are to use Thai fragrant jasmine rice and fresh coconut milk. To ensure the rice cook well without having coconut milk 'residue' on the top of the rice after cooking, add 2 tbsp of cooking. :)
Ingredients:

3 cups of pegaga leaves
7 shallots
8-10 garlic
cinnamon stick, 4 cloves & star anise
Full cream milk / Coconut milk
salt
 
There's another version of this rice where the ingredients are a little different - instead of using cinnamon, cloves and star anise, we can replace these with a pinch of fenugreek and use screwpine leaves for aroma  :)


Methods:
1. Wash the rice and put in thinly sliced shallots & garlic, cinnamon stick, cloves and star anise.
2. Pour in coconut milk (amount should be 3/4 of the total measurement of water - depends on the quantity of rice)

3. Blend pegaga to extract its juice. Sieve and pour in the pot. Add salt (put in a little extra for taste)
(The amount of liquid (pegaga juice and coconut milk should be d same as the amount of rice as thai fragrant jasmine rice easily get soft if cooked with excess water).
4. Cook rice as usual.

 

Note:

I like to have my pegaga rice with fried salted kurau. Try frying this salted fish by adding 1tsp of ghee into the hot oil. You'll enjoy this salted fish dish even better. ** Use only salted kurau for this.. other kinds of fish are not recommended. 

 Bon Appetito :)