This Sweet Shrimp on Yellow Rice or Thai call "Khao Niew Moon Na Goong" recipe may sound strange. It is a dessert but we use shrimp on a base of (non-spicy) curried rice. A common Thai dish, even the ingredients are not common to desserts! But this is "Thai Dessert" Enjoy ka!
Ingredients for Yellow Rice
- 100 gms Sticky Rice
- 1-2 Tsp Tumeric
- 200 ml Coconut Milk
- 150 gms Sugar
- 1 Tsp Salt
Ingredients for Sweet Shrimp
- 100 gms Shrimps
- 2-3 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Tsp White Pepper
- 10 gms Coriander Root or Seeds
- 100 gms Desiccated (Ground) Coconut
- 150 gms Sugar
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp Oil
- 2-3 Drops of Orange Food Colouring
- 10 gms Sliced Kaffir Leaves for Garnish
Preparation
- To make the yellow rice, soak the sticky rice in warm water, and tumeric and leave for 4-8 hours.
- Steam the rice until cooked, (approximately 15 minutes).
- Place the rice in a bowl, mix with the sugar, salt and coconut milk.
- Leave it to soak up the coconut milk.
- Now to the shrimp topping.
- Clean the shrimp, remove the shell and cut down the back to remove the black thread 'gut'.
- Chop the shrimp into a fine mince.
- Pound the garlic and coriander root/seeds and white pepper together until well ground up.
- Fry the shrimp and pounded mixture in a frying pan with a little oil until part cooked, 30 seconds or so is fine.
- Mix the ground coconut with the orange food colouring, add to the frying pan, add the sugar and salt and fry for a further 2 minutes.
- The sugar will slightly caramelize.
- Serve a small bowl of the yellow rice with the sweet shrimp on top and garnish with some slices of kaffie lime leaves.
