Diri djion djion (black mushroom rice)

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     Ingredients

  • 2 Cups of Dried Black Mushrooms (djon djon)**
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2 cups long-grain rice
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tsp Ground cloves
  • 1 (12-ounce) can lima beans (or green peas)
  • 1 to 2 thyme sprigs
  • 1 green Scotch bonnet pepper
Djion Djion – Black Mushroom

** If you don’t have the dried djion djion, some super market sales the GOYA cube djion djion. Skip the first 3 steps. Boil the cubes in the water until it dissolve before adding the rice**

   Method

– In small pot, soak mushrooms in 4 cups water for 10 minutes.

– Boil mushrooms on low heat for 10 minutes.

– Strain the mushroom water into another container for later use. The mushrooms in the strainer will no longer needed.

– In a large pot, sauté the garlic and onions on medium heat for 2 minutes.

– Next, add the mushroom water, salt, cloves

– Add the rice

– Bring the water to a boil and reduce the hear when most of the water evaporates (approximately 10-15 min) then add the lima beans- Stir the rice, set the temperature to low.

– (optional) Add Scotch bonnet pepper and thyme.

– Cover the pot and steam the rice for 15 min.

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