Black Beans and Eggplant Rice Dish
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This tasty rice dish is full of veggies and easily made with other legumes like chickpeas, red kidney beans and edamame. In fact, we recommend you experiment!
- Preparation Time: 20 minutes
- Cooking Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 28 minutes
Ingredients
Servings:
4
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300 gbrown rice
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2eggplants diced (large, see image)
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1lemon
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2 clovesgarlic shredded
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1 tspcumin
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1 tspcoriander
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spicy peppers shredded (fresh), to taste
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4 tbspoil
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1 can(s)black beans 400g
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5spring onions chopped into rings
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3 tbspfresh parsley finely chopped
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optionaledamame
Instructions
Rice
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Prepare the rice according to the packaging
Eggplants
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Smear the eggplants with lemon juice. Mix the garlic, spicy peppers, coriander, cumin and salt with 2 tbsp oil. Coat the eggplants with this mix and place these in a hot grill pan until they are a nice golden brown color and soft.
Beans
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Drain and rinse the black beans. Heat up the rest of the oil and saute the spring onions for a bit and then let it cook with a closed lid for about 2 minutes. Toss in the black beans and parsley and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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Done! Serve the rice in wide bowls and layer the bean mix then the eggplants on top.