Thai Black Rice Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup black rice (sweet)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
3 1/2 cups cold water
1 cup coconut milk

Preparation

Place rice in a bowl and rinse with water by stirring in a counter clockwise motion.
Do this repeatedly until the water is clear and clean, indicating the rice is clean.
Pick out any odd grains.
In a medium saucepan, stir rice, salt, sugar and water and bring to a boil.
Stir well and reduce heat to low.
Cover and simmer gently for 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours until all of the water has been absorbed and the rice is tender.
Stir in the coconut milk and serve immediately as a hot dish.
Or chill and serve cold.