Island Rice Pudding

From: Sydney Mike

On Sep 27, 2009

I took evelyn/athens tip & substituted coconut milk for the regular milk in this recipe, then pretty much followed the recipe on down, although I did cut it in half, & I used golden raisins! GREAT TASTING RICE PUDDING, what with the nice combo of raisins, coconut & papaya! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed for my tagged partner in Vegetarian/Vegan Recipe Swap 14]

From: JanuaryBride

On Jun 2, 2009

FABULOUS~!!! A keeper for sure. After the first 15 minutes, my rice was pretty much cooked. So I just added 1 cup of light coconut milk and let it absorb while I added the rest of the ingredients. Since others had said they didn't care for the papaya, I simply did a sprinkling of papaya on top and it was PERFECT!!! I also subbed Splenda for the sugar and used only 1/4 cup. I can't wait to taste this after it sits for a couple hours.

From: trulyabaker

On Mar 30, 2006

This was really good...but if u would of asked me three hours ago i would of probily given this 4 stars instead of 5 but letting it sit for a couple hours really improved the test.....ITS SOOOO GOOD. I was a little worried when making itbecouse it took a while for the milk to absorb it eventualy did. The one change i made was subsituted the papaya with mango becouse for one i diddnt have papaya and two i hate it haha but it turned out real nice with the mango

From: tigerduck

On Mar 22, 2006

I wish I could give this recipe 4.5 and I would certainly have given it 5 if this weren't a contest recipe! Well done! I haven't had rice pudding for years - loved it as a child, but didn't really care for it as an adult. All the ingredients are well balanced. The only thing is that the raisins are quite strong and although I had a very ripe papaya, the taste of it was quite subtle, as I usually also had a raisin on my spoon. I really loved your rice pudding and the recipe is well written, in particular with the option of the amount of sugar. I went for the 1/4 cup and that was enough for me, but I'm sure that some people like it sweeter. I may give this recipe a try again, but I don't think I would go to the store to buy a papaya. Papayas are expensive here and I think that the recipe would be nice also without it. Good luck in the contest!