Rice With Black Mushrooms - Diri Ak Djon-djon

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups djon-djons mushrooms or 2 cups dried mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed & minced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 cups long-grain rice, rinsed with cold water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 cloves
• 12 ounces fresh lima beans or 12 ounces frozen lima beans, & or 12 ounces green peas
• 1 -2 sprig thyme
• 1 green scotch bonnet pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan soak mushrooms in 4 cups of water for 10 minutes.
• 2 boil mushrooms on low heat 10 minutes.
• 3 strain the mushrooms through a very fine sieve, discard the mushrooms, & reserve the liquid.
• 4 add oil to pot on medium heat.
• 5 stir in garlic, onion & shallot for 2 minutes.
• 6 add rice and stir for 3 minutes.
• 7 add mushroom water, salt, cloves, and lima beans and peas, if using.
• 8 bring to boil until water evaporates.
• 9 lower heat, stir rice and place scotch bonnet pepper and thyme on top of rice.
• 10 cover and cook for 20 minutes on simmer.
• 11 remove hot pepper and thyme.
• 12 stir and serve.