Ingredients
- 2 Cups of Dried Black Mushrooms (djon djon)**
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 cups long-grain rice
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tsp Ground cloves
- 1 (12-ounce) can lima beans (or green peas)
- 1 to 2 thyme sprigs
- 1 green Scotch bonnet pepper
** If you don't have the dried djion djion, some super market sales the GOYA cube djion djion. Skip the first 3 steps. Boil the cubes in the water until it dissolve before adding the rice**
Method
- In small pot, soak mushrooms in 4 cups water for 10 minutes.
- Boil mushrooms on low heat for 10 minutes.
- Strain the mushroom water into another container for later use. The mushrooms in the strainer will no longer needed.
- In a large pot, sauté the garlic and onions on medium heat for 2 minutes.
- Next, add the mushroom water, salt, cloves
- Add the rice
- Bring the water to a boil and reduce the hear when most of the water evaporates (approximately 10-15 min) then add the lima beans- Stir the rice, set the temperature to low.
- (optional) Add Scotch bonnet pepper and thyme.
- Cover the pot and steam the rice for 15 min.
