Region or state | Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, East Africa, West Africa, South America, Central America, Caribbean, Oceania |
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Associated cuisine | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Myanmar, Thailand, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Belize, Kenya, Nigeria |
Serving temperature | Serve hot |
Main ingredients | Rice, coconut |
Other information | Kiribath |
Coconut rice is a dish prepared by cooking white rice in coconut milk or coconut flakes.[1] As both the coconut and the rice-plant are commonly found in the tropics all around the world, coconut rice, too, is found in many cultures throughout the world, spanning across the equator from Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, South America, Central America, West Africa, East Africa, the Caribbean and Oceania.