Mexican Style Bean Rice – Pepkitchen

Ingredients

• 2 cup long grain rice cooked (I have used basmati rice)
• 1 cup red kidney beans (washed, soaked and cooked. You can use the canned beans too.)
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 1/2 green capsicum (finely chopped)
• 1/2 red capsicum (finely chopped)
• 1 carrot (washed, peeled and finely chopped)
• 2 mushroom (chopped)
• 5 clove garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cinnamon
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 dry red chili
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 cup salsa sauce (I have used store brought sauce)
• 2 tsp ketchup
• 1 tsp tabasco sauce
• 1 tsp mixed herbs
• 1 tsp cumin powder (jeera powder)
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
• 1/4 cup coriander (washed and finely chopped)
• salt (as per taste)