Coconut Rice

Last night for enrichment we had a luau. I was supposed to bring this rice. Well, I burnt my rice, really bad. Once I got to enrichment, however, and tasted the other people's rice it was really yummy. So be sure you actually simmer on like low and try it out, may your success be better than mine.

Ashley Z's Thai Coconut Rice

1 Cup uncooked rice (basmati, jasmine or long grain)

1 14 oz can coconut milk

1/4 cup water

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

1/4 tsp. turmeric

1/4 tsp. finely chopped fresh ginger

1/4 cup coconut flakes

Cooking Directions:

-Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan.

-Stir well to combine

-cook over medium-high hear, stirring until mixture comes to a low boil.

-Immediately reduce heat to low

-cover and cook for 18 minutes

-fluff with fork.

-cover and let sit for 5 minutes

-garnish rice with additional coconut

P.S. I didn't want to buy that turmeric spice because it was $5, and once I got there I realized that the spice made the rice really yellow, so I was kind of glad mine burned because it would have been fairly obvious that I skimped out on the turmeric; I am not sure if it added taste or just color. Anyway. Post a recipe because the blog is dying and it is so sad : (