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bhagi rice

Bhagi Rice

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Caribbean, Tobago, Trinidad
Keyword: vegan, vegetarian
Author: baidawi

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 1 piece of ginger
  • 2 habanero peppers you can use pimento peppers instead or even scotch bonnet if you want it spicy
  • 1 bundle of chorai bhagi
  • 2 pks of powdered coconut milk of course its much better to use real coconut milk but I didn't have any coconuts
  • approx 40 oz water
  • approx 4 cups of rice

Instructions

  • See Recipe Notes

Video

Notes

DIRECTIONS

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Chorai Bhagi
Pick bhagi leaves from main stem, leaving the small stem attached to the leaves and wash.
Chop veggies.
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_DSC2156Saute onions in oil on medium heat until they start to caramelize, then add the rest of your veggies

BHAGI-RICE7Saute for approx 8 minutes then add bhagi.

BHAGI-RICE6Cover the pot and let it cook for 8 - 10 mins

BHAGI-RICE5Let the bhagi and veggies become acquainted.

BHAGI-RICE2Add rice then cover the pot and allow to cook for 5 minutes

BHAGI-RICE4Add coconut milk

BHAGI-RICE3Bring to a boil on medium to high heat

BHAGI-RICE8Cover pot and turn it down to low heat and allow to cook for 15-20 mins until rice is tender.

BHAGI-RICESome people opt to use pigtail or saltfish instead of using salt in this dish. Cardamon is also adds a nice dimension to the flavor profile of the dish as well. You can check out the video below.
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