Spanish-Style Brown Rice

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups dry brown rice
• 2 1/4 to 3 cups water or stock*
• 1/2 tsp sea salt, or to taste
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1/2 jalapeño, or to taste
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp Spanish paprika
• 1 sm can (5 1/2 oz) tomato paste
• 1 tbsp oil, optional
• 1 cup water
• sea salt, to taste
• 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup Cashew Sour Cream (optional)
• 1 avocado, pitted and diced (optional)
• 1 tbsp chile flakes, for garnish
• black pepper, to taste