Name: Brown Rice and Red Bean Soup recipe by Vardhini Koushik at BetterButter
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 cups of Red beans (soaked overnight); 1 cup Bell pepper (chopped); 1/2 cup Brown basmati rice; 3/4 cup Carrots (chopped); 11/2 cups onion (chopped); 3 tbsp Tomato paste; 2 tbsp Jalapeno (chopped); 2 tbsp Garlic (minced); 1 tbsp Olive oil; 11/2 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp Chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Thyme; 1/2 tsp Oregano; Cilantro to garnish; Pepper to taste; Salt to taste

ABOUT Brown Rice and Red Bean Soup RECIPE

This is a delicious soup wherein I have made the use of brown rice to make this dish more nutritious and healthy. It was an instant hit amongst my friends and family.

Ingredients Serving: 2

2 cups of Red beans (soaked overnight)
1 cup Bell pepper (chopped)
1/2 cup Brown basmati rice
3/4 cup Carrots (chopped)
11/2 cups onion (chopped)
3 tbsp Tomato paste
2 tbsp Jalapeno (chopped)
2 tbsp Garlic (minced)
1 tbsp Olive oil
11/2 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Thyme
1/2 tsp Oregano
Cilantro to garnish
Pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Instructions

Soak the red beans overnight and cook them before preparing the dish in a pressure cooker.
Take a cooking bowl and boil 3 to 4 cups of water in it, add in the brown rice and let it simmer until it is cooked.
Take a pan and heat the oil, add in the cumin seeds and garlic. Saute this for a few seconds.
Next put in all the vegetables and cook, when they are cooked add in all the beans except for 1 cup. Keep the 1 cup beans aside.
Add in 4 and 1/2 cup of water and the other ingredients, bring this to a boil. Once it is boiled, coarsely mash this mixture with the help of a ladle or immersion blender. Next put in the kept aside 1 cup of beans.
Let this simmer for 15 mins or so then turn off the heat.
Serve this dish hot with a garnish of cilantro.

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