Ingredients
Tomato Salsa
- Medium sized fresh tomatoes - 3
- Red onion - 1/2
- Serrano chilli - 1
- Lemon - 1 (For Juice)
- Chopped Cilantro - 1/2 cup
- Salt and pepper - To taste
- Tomatillos - 3
- White onion - 1/2
- Green Onions - 4 stems
- Chopped Cilantro - 1/2 cup
- Lemon - 1 (For Juice)
- Sugar - 1/4 tsp
- Serrano Chilli - 1
- Salt - To Taste
- Cumin Powder - 1 small pinch
Buy it from a store, seriously. I did it from scratch and hence I know how big a pain in the rear end it is. Please, will you listen to me?
Pinto Beans
- Pinto Beans (or) Red Kidney Beans - 1 cup
- Red Chillis - 2
- Salt - To Taste
- Basmati Rice - 2 cups (uncooked)
- Green Onions - 2 stems
- Cilantro - 1/3 cup
- Lemon - 2 (For Juice)
- Salt
Procedure
Tomato Salsa
- Remove stems and finely dice the tomatoes and Serrano Chilli
- Finely chop the Onions and mix it with the diced tomatoes & chilli
- Squeeze juice from 1 lemon and add it with salt and pepper to the above mixture
- Now, garnish this with chopped cilantro, mix it really well & refrigerate
- Remove stems from the tomatillos and Serrano Chilli
- Add the tomatillos, Serrano Chilli, White Onion, Green Onion, Cilantro to a food processor and grind it for 15-20 seconds along with Cumin powder, Sugar & Salt
- Consistency for this ground mixture should be a little coarse
- Add fresh lemon juice to the ground salsa, mix it really well & refrigerate
- Soak the Pinto Beans for 2 hours and pressure cook with the red chillis and salt
- Drain the water and keep it aside
- Cook the rice and let it cool for about 30 mins
- Take a pan and saute` the green onions and cilantro a bit and add the rice with salt
- Now, add freshly squeezed lemon juice on the rice and close it for a while so that the juices blend with the rice
2 comments:
make this for me during your trip here!
Sure thing! Try to find Avacado & Green Onions in Bangalore.
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