Authentic Jamaican RICE & PEAS, fresh coconut milk

Jamaican Rice & Peas is absolutely tasty, cook down in fresh coconut milk, a whole scotch bonnet pepper. This is just devine!
Ingredients
1 - 1 1/4 cups or 1/2 pound Dried Kidney Beans
1 large coconut 🥥
1 whole green scotch bonnet pepper
2 pimento peppers (for flavor) cut in half
3 -4 stalks of scallion & thyme
4 gloves garlic chopped
1 tbsp salt
2 tsp mix or all purpose seasoning
2 tbsp brown sugar (optional
3 1/2 cups parboiled rice ( or any rice)
Instructions
Wash kidney beans, then add 2 cups water along without 4 gloves of chopped garlic and put to boil
Break Coconut, cut into small pieces, add to blender along with 4 cups water, blend until smooth
Strain coconut milk, then add to boiling beans, cover under low heat and allow to cook for 1 hour or until beans are fully cooked.
Make stir in between the hour
When beans are cook, add scallion & thyme, whole scotch bonnet pepper, pimento peppers, salt, mix/ all purpose seasoning, and sugar, stir, cover and allow to cook for another 5 minutes.
(Taste and add more salt if needed)
Wash rice and add to pot, mix throughly, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and allow rice to steam for 20-25 minutes or until rice grains are fully cook.
Serve & Enjoy!
*if the rice grains tends to be hard, place a plastic bag or aluminum foil over the pot, cover and allow to steam some more.
*coconut milk in the can, pack or the bar can be use, but should be added when beans are already cooked.