Jamaican Coconut & Beans Rice #MultiCookerMonday

The rice is cooked in coconut milk with beans, a favorite side dish of Jamaica. I added one spicy red chilly which is cooked with the rice, it was added just for a bit of flavor. It doesn't make the the rice spicy at all and you can discard while eating. I cooked this rice in a pressure cooker and it was done in minutes, perfect and fluffy, every grain was loose.

Cup Measurement 200Ml
Ingredients
2 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil - I used coconut Oil
1 Small Onion - finely chopped
3 Big Coves Garlic - finely chopped
1½ Cups Short Grain Rice - can use long grain
1 Big Cube Vegetable Seasoning
½ Teaspoon Finely Chopped Ginger
3 Cups Water
2 Tablespoons Heaped Coconut Milk Powder - See Notes
1 Cup Boiled Kidney Beans -  See Notes
1 Bay Leaf
1 Spicy Red Chilly - can use any chilly 
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice- optional  

Method 

In a bowl mix the coconut milk powder with a cup of water till it forms a smooth liquid, then add the remaining 2 cups water and mix it well. Keep this aside.

Heat the pressure cooker with coconut oil over medium high flame. Add the onions and sauté, until they begin to brown on the edges. Add garlic, ginger and bay leaf, sauté for a minute.  Add the rice and fry it for a minute lightly or else the grains will break. Add the stock cube, coconut milk and stir well. Add the kidney beans and the chopped chilly.  Bring this to a rolling boil, let this boil on medium high heat till the coconut milk come to level of the rice, stirring lightly with a spatula after every 2 minutes.  

Close the cooker with a lid and  on high flame take 2 whistles.  Switch off the flame and let the cooker cool completely.  Fluffy the rice with a fork and enjoy with a dash of lemon juice. 

The rice is especially good with a little lime juice sprinkled on it.  Enjoyed this with Jamaican Saucy Jerk Chicken Wings, a delicious combo. 

My Notes
If you are using coconut milk then use half coconut milk half water- 1½ Cup each - coconut milk and 1½ Cup Water.

For the Kidney Beans
I washed and then soaked ½ Cup kidney beans overnight. Then next morning, boiled them in the pressure cooker with ½ teaspoon salt and 2 cups water . Place the cooker on high flame take one whistle, reduce the flame to low and keep it for 7 minutes. Cool and drain all the water, since this will change the color of rice. If you find that the beans are not cooked then cook it for more time. Since I soaked them overnight it was done in 7 minutes. 

Labels:  Coconut Milk ,Red Kidney Beans, Rice, Vegan, Gluten free, Main course, Jamaica, Multi Cooker Monday, International Cuisine 

                                            

Multicooker Monday November 2020:

Recipes using Small Kitchen Appliances

• Crockpot Bread from Sid's Sea Palm Cooking
• Instant Pot Butter Beans and Sausage from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Instant Pot Cheesy Taco Shells from Making Miracles
• Slow Cooker Pot Roast from Palatable Pastime
• Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Jamaican Coconut & Beans Rice - Pressure Cooker from Sneha's Recipe
• Sous Vide Whole Stuffed Turkey from Food Lust People Love

Jamaican Saucy Jerk Chicken Wings With Homemade Jerk Seasonings#EattheWorld

These Jerk Chicken wings are spicy and sweet with an earthy flavor I, am sure you will enjoy. It's made with Homemade Jerk Seasonings which is preservative free an easy to make with all spices that are in your kitchen pantry. I served this rice with Jerk Chicken Wings and this was a perfect combo which makes for an excellent dinner or appetizer.

Made the Jerk Chicken wings a little saucy, served this with Coconut & Beans Rice which is a perfect combo. But you can dry them up if you want to serve as an appetizer.
Ingredients
250 Grams Chicken Wings With Skin
2 Tablespoons Oil
Ingredients For Marination
Blend all the ingredients to gather to a fine paste
1 Spring onion - finely chopped
4 Cloves Chopped Garlic
1 Teaspoon Chopped Ginger
1 Tablespoon Ketchup
1 Tablespoon Soy sauce
1 Tablespoons Lemon juice
½ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
For the Homemade Jerk Seasoning
1 Tablespoon Garlic powder 
3 Teaspoons Cayenne Pepper powder
2 Teaspoons Onion powder
2 Teaspoons Dried Thyme
2 Teaspoons Dried Parsley
2 Teaspoons Brown or White Sugar
2 Teaspoons Salt
1 Teaspoon Paprika powder
1 Teaspoons All Spice /Garam Masala Powder
½ Teaspoon Black pepper powder
½ Teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes
½ Teaspoon Nutmeg powder
¼ Teaspoon Cinnamon powder

Method

For the Homemade Jerk Seasoning

Combine all ingredients, in a small spice jar and pulse it once or twice till well mixed. 

Store in an airtight container.
For the Chicken Wings

In a blender add all the ingredients for the jerk chicken wings with a tablespoon heaped of jerk seasoning till blended. Rub this mix into the chicken wings and marinate the chicken for 4 -6 hours in the refrigerator.

Heat oil in a wok, add in the marinated chicken and fry for 2 minutes on high flame. Then reduce the flame to low. Cover and cook until tender, adding ½ cup water. When the wings are done and the gravy is thick/saucy switch off the flame. Serve this with a sprinkle chopped spring onions greens and dash of spice seasoning on top.

Serve immediately.
                             

Enjoyed this with Jamaican Coconut & Beans Rice

Labels: Jamaica, Jerk Seasonings, Homemade, Chicken, Chicken Wings, Main course, Eat the World, Masala

Join us as we Eat the World!!!

Each month Evelyne of CulturEatz invites us to visit a country and explore their foods. This month we are travelling to Jamaica.

Check out all the wonderful Jamaica recipes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Click here to find out how to join and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us! 

Pandemonium Noshery: Pumpkin Rice 

Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Jamaican Stew Peas 

Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Jamaican Chicken & Pumpkin Soup 

Palatable Pastime: Jamaican Jerk Chicken Burger 

Sneha’s Recipe: Jamaican Saucy Jerk Chicken Wings With Homemade Jerk Seasonings 

CulturEatz: Jamaican Ginger Beer Recipe 

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Banana Fritters 

Sugarlovespices: Jamaican Beef Patties 

Making Miracles: Jamaican Chicken Stew 

Kitchen Frau: Rice and Peas (Coconut Rice and Red Beans)

Jamaican Banana Fritters (Eggless)

July 3, 2014

Banana fritters are simple food, the best part of making these is that you can used overripe bananas which otherwise no one would like to eat. Authentic Jamaican banana fritters are dense not fluffy. Let me assure you that they taste so good. They are so easy to make that it requires just minutes to prepare the batter.

Ingredients
3/4 Cup mashed overripe Bananas (about 3 medium bananas)
2 -3 Tablespoon granulated Sugar / Brown Sugar
A pinch Nutmeg
A pinch Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla extract (Optional)
A pinch of Salt
1 Cup All-purpose Flour
1-2 Tablespoon Oil ( I used Ghee)

Method
Mash bananas with sugar and spices; stir flour into banana mixture. If necessary add some milk or water to make a thick batter.

Heat 1 or 2 Tbsp cooking oil and, using a spoon, spoon batter into pan

Fry fritters until crisp and brown on both sides; you may have to add more cooking oil. When you press them if no batter oozes out they’re done.

Remove fritters from pan and place on paper towel. Eat warm. The taste of the cinnamon in these fritters makes it different and gives a awesome taste to it.

Do try them and give your comments.

Note:  You can add an egg but the texture will be like a pancake.For a healthy version you can use wheat flour.

Labels: Breakfast, Healthy, Continental Cuisine, Sweets & Desserts, Jamaica, Fritters