Mummy’s rice & peas

• 1 cup medium grain rice, rinsed of starch
• 2 cups thin coconut milk:
  • 1/3 of a dry coconut
  • 1 cup coconut water (from that coconut)
  • 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup canned cooked green pigeon peas, rinsed (red peas works too)
• 1/3 scotch bonnet pepper
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• sprig thyme
• 1 green onion, with the bulb crushed
• 1.5-2tsp knob of ginger, smashed
• salt

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- blend coconut, withholding 0.5-1 cup of water at first. Strain
- bring liquid and seasonings to a boil with salt.
- Add rice and let return to a boil
- add peas and cover.
- simmer for ~15 mins
- turn off, fluff rice, and close for another 5 mins.