Turmeric rice or Nasi kuning is a popular rice dish in Southeast Asia, especially in the Southeast Asia regions.
The rich golden yellow color is perfect to celebrate special occasion such as birthday, wedding, baby shower, etc. The turmeric rice is usually stuffed into a cone-shape mould to make nasi tumpeng. We didn’t have any particular celebration that day. Just me craving for it  Well, maybe I should say everyday that I wake up and feeling healthy inside out is a celebration, isn’t it ?

1. Wash the rice
Wash the rice in several changes of water until it runs clear. Drain with a sieve to make sure all water is drained off. Getting rid of excess starch is important or the rice will be sticky and mushy

2. Cooking on the stove
Bring water and coconut milk to a boil and then add rice and the rest of the ingredients.

Stir to mix. Lower the heat to low to let it simmer.

Cover with lid and let it cook for the next 20 minutes. Turn off the heat but DO NOT open the lid yet. Let it rest for 10 minutes.

Uncover the lid and fluff the rice

3. Cooking in a rice cooker
Place the rice, coconut milk, water, spices, herbs, and seasonings in the inner pot of rice cooker. Stir to mix everything and cook on white rice setting or whichever setting you usually use to cook white rice. Wait 10 minutes and then open the lid to fluff the rice