Diri djon djon ( Haitian Black Mushroom Rice ) – Mycoboutique

Ingredients

• Mushroom Cooking Water 50 g dried djon djon mushrooms, cleaned
• 1.25 L boiling water
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled and halved
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 Scotch bonnet or habanero pepper, halved and seeded
• 6 green onions, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup parsley (leaves and stems), coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup cilantro (leaves and stems), coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• Leaves from 6 sprigs of fresh thyme
• Salt and ground black pepper
• Rice 21/2 cups long-grain white rice, rinsed well (equivalent to about half the volume of the cooking water collected)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 340 g frozen green peas
• 1 tbsp Épis
• Pinch of black pepper
• Pinch of ground cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cube beef or chicken bouillon
• Optional 150 g salted pork fat or spiced pork fat ('enduit')
• 75 g dried or fresh shrimp
• 1 whole hot pepper (e.g., Scotch bonnet)