Creamy coconut rice with chili-lime vegetables from Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files (page 151) by Deb Perelman

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    Can substitute winter squash for sweet potatoes.

  • Jhein12 on May 08, 2026

    Liked the rice method. I've used basmati and short grain and both worked fine.

  • anya_sf on January 13, 2026

    The rice method didn't work for me. After 45 min, the rice was still crunchy. I increased the heat (which also helped the vegetables brown) and baked 30 more minutes, at which point the liquid was all absorbed and the rice was mushy. I guess I was supposed to check more carefully, but to me that defeats the purpose of the "easy" oven method. I found the rice to be bland as well. I loved the roasted vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, and sweet potato) with the lime and vinegared chile. Like dea080020, I roasted some shrimp at the end too. Would make the vegetables (and shrimp) again to serve with coconut rice cooked the regular way in the rice cooker.

  • Meags on January 05, 2026

    Wow! Great dish! The risotto was a little soupy after 40 minutes, so I removed lid and cooked in oven for about 3 minutes. Then stirred. Perfect. I would use half the salt in the rice.

  • pattyatbryce on October 06, 2024

    Enjoyable side with a grilled meat.

  • tui on June 08, 2023

    We will definitely have the rice again but will serve it with whatever vegetables we have to hand.

  • SpatulaCity on February 08, 2023

    Loved it! The rice was rich and yummy but needed a little oomph, so added a bit of fish sauce and an extra squeeze of lime juice. The lime juice vinaigrette over the veggies was good, but I can see other veggies working well or better. The rice though - we could not stop eating it!!!

  • MonicaMadeIt on January 31, 2023

    My daughter made this on Christmas and we really liked it. We used sweet potato and broccoli and found the vegetables to be perfect with the coconut rice. Agree the limey, pickley garnish made it interesting--would have been too sweet and bland without.

  • dea080020 on December 08, 2022

    I really loved the method used for the rice but the sweet potato and cauliflower flavors did not work well with the rice. I did love the pickled jalapeno + lime topping..I'd try this again but likely with different vegetables. I also added shrimp for the last 5 minutes and came out great..

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