Nasi Kunyit

Ingredients:
5 to 7cm Fresh Tumeric (Thin Slices)
2 tablespoon Tumeric Powder
500g Glutinous Rice
3 slice Asam Slices (Or Lime Slices)
10 to 15 Pepper Corns (White Pepper)
2 Pandan Leaves
125ml Thick Coconut Milk
1 teaspoon Salt

Steps:
1. Wash glutinous rice and soak it with tumeric, tumeric powder and asam slices for at least 3 hours or overnight.
2. Rinse soaked rice under a running water and drain it.
3. Put rice in a steamer with pepper corns and pandan leaves and steam over boiling water for 20 to 30mins.
4. When the rice is cooked, dished it into a large bowl and mix it with the thick coconut milk(add salt to coconut milk) so that the rice grains are loosened.
5. Return rice to the steamer and steam for another 10mins.
6. When the rice is well cooked, it is soft, shiny and in loose grains.

Notes:
This is just to make the rice. This rice is usually served with curry chicken but can go well with anything curry that has coconut milk in it..

Cost:
Recipe is good for 10 people. Cost is about $6 to make. Most of the ingredients can only be found at the Asian grocery store.