Jamaican rice and red peas

Ingredients:

•  2 cups of rice
•  1 cup of fresh red peas (kidney beans)                          
•  5 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
•  3 uncut scotch bonnet pepper (1 jalapeno pepper or 3 Indian chilli may be used as a substitute)
•  3 Scallion (spring onions)
•  1 cup of coconut milk
•  1 teaspoon of black pepper
•  2 sprigs of fresh thyme (Dried Ajwain(hindi) or Omam(tamil) may be used as a substitute)
•  Salt-  2 tsp

Method:

• Wash and soak the peas (kidney beans) overnight .
• Soak the rice for 10 mins and drain it. 
• Half cook the peas in the pressure cooker.
• Drain the cooked peas, and keep the water aside( can be used for cooking along with the rice) 
• In a pan, add 1 tbspn Oil and saute the garlic. 
• Add the Scallion and saute for few seconds .
• Add rice and continue sauteing for a minute.
• Add the Peas, coconut milk, salt, black pepper and thyme to the mix.
• Add the Scotch bonnet whole.
• Add rice along with 3 cups of water and coconut milk. Cook it in an electric cooker or pressure cook (2 whistles).
• Yummy Rice and peas is ready for you!!!!