Brown and Red Rice with Avocado, Black Beans and Broccoli

A delicious and super healthy one pot dish. The broccoli lightly steams over the rice conserving nutrients and adding bite to the soft rice and beans. A zingy and garlicky spicy dressing brings the whole thing together.

Avocado and Broccoli Rice

Viungo mtumishi 2

150 ml (5.25 ounces maji) kahawia mchele (use a liquid measuring jug to ensure the correct volume of liquid or use the US cup method to have twice to the volume of liquid to rice)

50 ml (1.75 ounces maji) red rice

a few dried mushrooms

inch moja (2 na 1 / 2cm) kipande cha tangawizi, kusaga

a large garlic clove, kusaga

pilipili ya kijani, laini kung'olewa

100g (3 na 1/2 ounces) broccoli florets, sliced vertically

100g (3 na 1/2 ounces) chestnut mushrooms, vipande

100g (3 na 1/2 ounces) black beans drained and rinsed

2 Vijiko ya toasted mafuta ya ufuta

juisi ya nusu chokaa

2 tablespoons of finely chopped red onion

kijiko ya mchuzi wa soya

kijiko ya agave nectar

chumvi na pilipili

a medium ripe avocado




Method

Soak the dried mushrooms in a 100ml (3.5 ounces maji) maji ya moto. Add half of the garlic and ginger to the water.

Rinse the rice and put it in a lidded saucepan with 200ml (7 ounces maji) of salted water and bring to the boil. Add the dried mushrooms and the soaking liquid to the pot, reduce to a simmer, kuweka mfuniko kwenye na kupika kwa 15 dakika

For the dressing put the remaining garlic and ginger in a bowl or jar with the soy sauce, lime juice, agave nectar, chopped chilli, red onion and toasted sesame oil. Add some black pepper, a pinch of salt and shake or stir

After the rice has been simmering for 15 minutes put the broccoli pieces on top, followed by the mushrooms and then the black beans. Put the lid back on and simmer on the lowest heat for a further 10 dakika. Check that the rice is cooked and then using a large serving spoon carefully lift the ingredients a couple of times to mix the vegetables through

Serve topped with the dressing and diced avocado over the top