Super healthy with lots of protein, healthy spices and fibre, this dish is low in fat and full of flavour. The textures are great too with the red pepper remaining crunchy. There is a lot of chopping involved but this can all be done in the time it takes for the rice to cook.Ingredienser för 2
200ml (7 fluid ounces) of brown basmati rice (with a little red or wild rice mixed in if you have it)
vegetabilisk olja
en lök
a small carrot
a large stick of celery
en tesked gurkmeja
en tesked torkad chili
a few grinds of black pepper
a red pepper (paprika, paprika)
en en tum (2 och en 1/2 cm) bit ingefära
2 stora vitlöksklyftor
2 tablespoons of black beans (I opened a can and froze the rest to be defrosted and used later)
en handfull frysta ärter
5 large mushrooms
250g (9 uns) of broccoli
half a pack (175g, 6 uns) of tofu (I used Mori-nu firm silken, the rest can stay in the fridge for a few days in water)
one and a half tablespoons of dark soy sauce
svartpeppar
salad leaves to serve (tillval)
Metod
Rinse the rice and place in a small lidded saucepan with double the amount of water (400ml, 14 fluid ounces) and add a little salt. Koka upp. Reduce heat to the minimum, put the lid on and simmer for 20 minutes placing the broccoli florets on top for the last 6 minuter
Dice the onion. Splash the bottom of another lidded saucepan with oil, add the onion, sprinkle with salt and stir to coat. Put the lid on and start to sweat on a low heat while the other vegetables are prepared
Scrub (no need to peel) and chop the carrot into a fine dice and add this to the onion
Slice the celery lengthways down the middle and then slice finely and add to the onion and carrot
Chop the ginger and garlic and add these
Add the teaspoon of dried chillies
Slice the mushrooms and add these
Dice the red pepper into one inch (2 och en 1/2 cm) pieces and add these
Add the teaspoon of tumeric
Give it all a good stir
Add 50ml (en och 3/4 fluid ounces) av vatten
Add the 2 tablespoons of black beans
Add the one and a half tablespoons of soy sauce
(Check the timing of the rice and add the broccoli cut into bite sized florets 6 minutes before the 20 minutes cooking time is up)
Add the handful of frozen peas to the vegetables mixutre
Chop the tofu finely (or into the piece size you prefer, I like it hidden!) and add this, stir and simmer with the lid on until the rice is ready. If, with all that chopping, the vegetables have taken slightly longer than the rice to assemble, let the rice stand while the vegetables are finishing
Serve with a handful of seasonal salad leaves and more black pepper and soy sauce if required