Imbul Kiri Bath (milk Rice)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 28 ounces finely scraped coconut
• 2 cups treacle (coconut or kithul treacle)
• 4 cloves
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups short-grain rice
• 2 cups thick coconut milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 cups water

Recipe

• 1 coconut treacle mix:.
• 2 pour the treacle into a pot and bring to a boil while stirring.
• 3 add the coconut and mix well.
• 4 take off the heat.
• 5 add the salt and cloves, mixing well. set aside.
• 6 milk rice:
• 7 put rice and water into a pan and bring to a boil.
• 8 cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• 9 add coconut milk and salt.
• 10 stir with handle of wooden spoon, cover and cook on low heat for another 10-15 minutes (until the milk has been absorbed).
• 11 remove it from the heat and let it cool slightly.
• 12 divide the slightly cooled milk rice into two portions.
• 13 on a flat dish, evenly spread out a layer of milk rice using one portion (should be at least 1 cm thick).
• 14 then evenly spread the coconut treacle mix on top.
• 15 cover it completely (including the sides) with the second portion of the milk rice.
• 16 it is important to do all this before the milk rice cools down too much as it will become too sticky to handle.
• 17 cut into blocks.