Coconut sugar is readily available from Asian grocers and health-food shops, but if you can’t lay your hands on any, use brown sugar or muscovado sugar instead.
Ingredients
Method
Main
1.Cook rice in a rice cooker or by absorption method
2.Meanwhile, bring coconut sugar and 60ml water to the boil in a saucepan over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar, until a light syrup forms (3-4 minutes). Add raisins, stir and set aside.
3.Bring coconut milk, milk and condensed milk to the boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, add rice, egg yolk and ¼ tsp salt, and stir until thickened (3-5 minutes). Serve rice pudding topped with coconut syrup, raisins, almonds and orange rind to taste.
To cook rice by absorption method, rinse rice, place in a saucepan with a little salt, cover with water by 2cm, cover with a tight-fitting lid, bring to the boil, then reduce heat to lowest setting and cook for 15 minutes. Set aside, without uncovering, for 10 minutes, then uncover and fluff up with a fork.
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