Mexican Red Bean Rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup red beans (rajma ,raw)
- 1 -11/2 cup boiled rice( ideally one day old )
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 green pepper chopped
- 4-5 flat beans finely sliced
- 8-10 mushrooms cut into 4
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp cummin powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 3 tbsp oil
Preparation
- Wash and soak the red beans overnight or can soak for 7-8 hours
- Take a pressure cooker add 3-4 cups of water
- Put the soaked red beans in a bowl and sprinkle it with salt and place in the cooker
- Steam the red beans for 35-40 mins on low flame after the first whistle
- When done remove the cooker from the flame and let it open naturally .
- Remove the red beans and keep aside
Method
- Take a pan add the the oil ,when the oil gets warm
- Add the chopped garlic and stir fry for few minutes till it starts changing colour
- Then add the chopped onions to the pan and stir fry with the garlic ,till the onion becomes translucent
- Add to this the finely cut flat beans and stir fry for few minutes
- Now add the mushrooms and stir fry for few minutes stirring constantly so that the mushrooms don't start leaving water
- Add the cut green pepper and mix it in well and stir fry for 30-40 seconds
- Now add the red beans to the pan and mix everything in together
- To this add the salt ,cummin powder, black pepper powder and red chilli flakes
- Stir it all in well together
- Cook for few minutes
- Finally add the cooked rice stir it in gently and mix everything well in together .
- Done .
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