Guyanese Cook Up Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups par-boil rice or 3 cups long grain rice
1 lb salt beef (cut up) or 1 lb pig, tail (cut up)
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
1 tomatoes
1 sprig fresh thyme
4 cups water
1 cup gungo black-eyed peas or 1 cup any favorite type beans
seasoning salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
1 scotch bonnet pepper (optional)

Preparation

Bring water to a boil, add peas. Cook until soft.
In another pot boil the pig tail or salt beef until most of the salt is removed.
Drain the pig tail or salt beef from water and set aside.
To the water, add chopped onion, garlic, thyme, tomatoes, meat, coconut milk or creme, pepper,and rice. Bring to a boil then lower heat and cover pot to steam rice for 30 minute.
Add the peas and pig tail or salt beef to the rice and serve.