How to Cook Yellow Rice With Mixed Bean Curry
Serves: 6
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 40 mins
Ingredients needed to make Yellow Rice With Mixed Bean Curry:
For the mixed bean curry:
- Two (15 oz each) cans beans, drained and washed
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1 onion, coarsely chopped
- 1’’ fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1 can (28 oz) chopped tomatoes, juice reserved
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- Red pepper flakes, to taste
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp water
For the yellow rice:
- 2 cups jasmine rice, rinsed and drained
- 2’’ cinnamon stick
- ¾ tsp ground turmeric
- 3 whole cloves
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups water
Cooking instructions for Yellow Rice With Mixed Bean Curry:
- For the curry, throw in the chopped garlic, ginger as well as the onions into a blender, along with a splash of water and pulse them into a smooth paste.
- Drizzle oil in a large pan and heat it over moderate flame.
- Throw in the cumin, coriander as well as the garam masala and stir fry them for a couple of minutes or until the mixture gives out a pleasant spicy aroma.
- Stir in the prepared paste and continue to sauté them for another couple of minutes, stirring often, until the water ebbs away.
- Empty the cans of chopped tomatoes and beans into it, along with the red pepper flakes, cilantro and a dash of salt.
- Stir them all together and cook the mixture until it begins to boil.
- Reduce it to a simmer and continue to cook for about half an hour, stirring at times.
- While the curry cooks, start making the rice by emptying the cups of rice into a medium pot, and fill it up with water.
- Drop in the whole spices, followed by a dash of salt and cook the mixture until it starts boiling.
- Put a lid on and reduce it to a simmer.
- Cook likewise for about 10 minutes and turn off the heat.
- Set aside, covered for another 10-15 minutes and remove the lid to do away with the whole spices.
- Drizzle a lashing of melted butter on top and spoon it onto the centre of the serving plates.
- Spoon the bean curry on top and serve warm.
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