Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, rice & peas. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Rice & peas is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Rice & peas is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook rice & peas using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Rice & peas:
- Get 2 cups Basmati rice
- Prepare 400 ml coconut milk
- Prepare 400 grams Red kidney beans
- Take 1 Tsp grated ginger
- Take 2 Cloves garlic (grated)
- Prepare 1/2 Tsp all spice
- Prepare 1/2-1 Tsp salt
- Get 1/2 Tsp soft dark brown sugar
- Make ready 1/2-1 small brown onion (finely chopped)
- Take 5-8 springs thymes (up to you)
- Get 2-3 spring onion (cut to 3 fingers length)
- Make ready Black pepper
- Get 300 ml chicken stock (optional)
- Make ready 100 ml cold water
Uncover and fluff with a fork. Just like rice pilaf, the grains of rice get coated in fat before absorbing the cooking liquid, ensuring plump, tender, separate grains with no sticky clumps. Just adjust cooking time if using a different kind of rice or pan size. There are several keys to cooking perfect rice.
Steps to make Rice & peas:
- With medium heat,Cook red kidney beans (with water, so don’t drain), coconut milk, grated ginger, grated garlic, all spice, salt, dark brown sugar, chopped onion, thymes, spring onion, and 200 ml chicken stocks (if you don’t use stock, add water instead).
- When it simmers, you can taste it and add more seasonings (up to your taste). Wash and drain the rice with cold water 3 times. Now add rice to the pot. Then add the rest of stock (100 ml) and 100 ml cold water to cover the rice. If you don’t use stock, you just need to add 200 ml of cold water. Make sure the water covers the rice by about 5 cms (2-3 inches) With medium-low heat, close the lid for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, open the lid and check. The water has already should been absolved by the rice. If not, leave it for a couple of minutes. Now close the lid and set the heat to lowest heat for 10 minutes.
- Take the pot of the heat, leave the lid close for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Just adjust cooking time if using a different kind of rice or pan size. There are several keys to cooking perfect rice. You want to bring it to a boil, then immediately reduce the heat so it simmers for the rest of the cooking. Rice is a simple, nutritious, and filling grain that can be eaten on its own, added to other dishes, served as a side, or even made into tasty desserts. There are many different ways to cook rice, and some of the most popular include boiling and steaming.
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