THAI PORK SAUSAGE, PURPLE JASMINE RICE, PICKLED CUCUMBER & CHILLI JAM

I'd never heard of purple jasmine rice until I saw some on the shelves of Santos health foods in Byron Bay. Always a sucker for something unfamiliar, I had to buy some. Not as fragrant as white jasmine rice, but the colour makes amends. These great sausages came from Lucky Foods in Campbell Street, Sydney - a mini Thaitown on the edge of Sydney's Chinatown. The cucumber was macerated in coconut vinegar, sugar and chilli. My sister Barb made the chilli jam. I am addicted.

THAI PORK SAUSAGE, PURPLE JASMINE RICE, PICKLED CUCUMBER & CHILLI JAM