I was hesitant, didn't know if I was going to like it, but hubby was sick, and i was going to force it down his throat no matter what. Which meant I was also going to be eating it, so I was happy that I loved it so much. I think i would have liked it less without the coconut. I followed the recipe exactly, except I went with the extra two cups of broth, added a hair more rice, and I couldn't find fresh turmeric, so i had to go with ground.