Kiri Bath (Milk Rice)

This dish is recognized as a dish for auspicious moments and served mainly during breakfast hours. It has become a dish prepared on the first day of every month for breakfast and a very important dish during  Sinhalese and tamil New Year.

Ingredients

• 600 g Brown rice or white rice
• 4 cup of water
• a dash of salt
• 1.5 cup Coconut milk

Method

• First wash the rice & place in a medium size pot.
• Then add water and salt.
• Cook the rice over medium low heat for about half way through the cooking time, then when you notice half of the water evaporated,add the coconut milk.
• Continue the cooking for another 10 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat, and lay in a flat plate. the dish will have the consistency of porridge. Traditionally its layered on a banana leaf and flatten.