Adding pigtail, salted meat or smoked bones to one-pot rice dishes is a popular technique used to add amazing flavor. This Bhagi Rice with Pigtail is hearty, creamy and just melts in your mouth and bursting with flavor in every spoonful. A true Caribbean delight!
Bhagi Rice
Ingredients
- 1 bundle Chorai Bhagi cleaned and cut
- 2 cups Rice
- 4 C Coconut milk
- 1 lb Pigtail
- 2 Onions medium and small diced
- 2 Okras
- 3 Pimentos small diced
- 6 Garlic cloves small diced
- 1 cup Pumpkin small diced
- 4 Thyme sprigs
- 2 tbsp Soyabean Oil
- Salt to taste
- Black Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preboil pigtail until tender.
- In a medium pot add oil, sauté garlic and onions for 2 minutes.
- Add pimentos, okra, pumpkin, thyme and bhagi. Cover and allow to cook for 4 minutes.
- Include rice and pigtail. Stir pot making sure everything is fully combined. Add the coconut milk, cover and simmer for 15 -20 minutes on a medium flame. Note: Keep checking the pot to prevent sticking or burning.
- Test rice and add salt and black pepper as desired. Note: Bhagi should be broken down and rice tender.
- Serve hot and enjoy!
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1 Comment
Very simple instructions to follow. Dont like ochra in rice but I was able tonget that stickness without it. First time making this and it turned out great. Tkx much!