How to Cook Jamaican Rice and Peas from Scratch | Brown Basmati Rice

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

red peas

🥗Healthier: black beans

💰Cheaper: kidney beans

Black beans provide similar texture and flavor.

Sort through 1 cup of dried kidney beans to remove any stones or strange objects.

Wash the kidney beans and add enough water to fully cover them, then leave to soak for 3 hours.

After soaking, the kidney beans should have absorbed a lot of water and be plump.

Add more water to the soaked kidney beans if necessary.

Cook the kidney beans in a saucepan with water until tender, resulting in about 2 and 3/4 cups of cooked beans.

Mince 1 clove of garlic until fine.

Peel 1 inch of ginger using a spoon and mince it into fine pieces.

Prep the scallion by chopping it.

In a saucepan, combine the cooked kidney beans, water, coconut milk, brown basmati rice, minced garlic, minced ginger, chopped scallion, and salt.

Ensure the water fully covers the rice and add more if necessary, especially since brown rice requires more water than white rice.

Cook until the rice is soft, fluffy, and plump.

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