Wali wa Nazi/coconut rice
Wali wa Nazi/coconut rice

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, wali wa nazi/coconut rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Wali wa Nazi/coconut rice is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Wali wa Nazi/coconut rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Bring the coconut milk and water to a boil. Wali wa Nazi (wali, cooked rice; nazi, coconut) is a Swahili dish popular on Africa's Indian ocean coast, particularly in Swahili areas like Zanzibar, Lamu, Malindi, and Mombasa. It is a creamy, rich accompaniment to any meat, chicken, fish, or curry.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have wali wa nazi/coconut rice using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Wali wa Nazi/coconut rice:
  1. Make ready 1 coconut
  2. Take 1 cup rice
  3. Take 1 3/4 cups water
  4. Take Salt

Coconut rice, popularly known as wali wa nazi locally is a simple delicacy to make at home. September is 'take a man on a month' date but if Coconut rice can be served with a simple salad, potato curry or sesame fish. There are those who if you try wali wa nazi you'll never want to go back. Wali wa nazi is not just the privy of Tanzania.

Steps to make Wali wa Nazi/coconut rice:
  1. Break the coconut
  2. Great the white part of the coconut
  3. Add half a cup of warm water to the grated coconut,let it rest for a while then sieve the water into a container/bowl
  4. Add the rest of the warm water to the grated coconut and let it rest for a while then squeeze the water and put it in a sufuria..
  5. Put the sufuria on the cooker and bring the water to boil..
  6. Add your rice and salt and lower your heat to avoid uncooked rice
  7. When the water is almost drying up add the coconut milk that you sieved first(½ cup)… cover the pot and make sure the heat is at the lowest…
  8. Keep checking to avoid burning…when water dries up it's done…put off your cooker
  9. Serve hot with your stew of choice….

It is also very popular in Kenya, especially around the coastal towns such as Mombasa. This veggie coconut rice recipe is simply pimped-up-wali wa nazi. In this recipe, white or brown rice is simmered in coconut milk infused with spices till cooked. If using a fresh coconut, you will need a hammer and a long nail. Hammer the nail into the coconut into the three soft spots on top, going all the way through meat to liquid in center.

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