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Monday, September 22, 2014

Bean and Rice Burritos

Here is my take on bean and rice burritos made from stuff lying around at home. Took me 1 hour to make everything, so doable for dinner


You need

For the tortillas

  • Wheat Flour - 1 cup
  • Olive oil - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1/ 2 tsp
  • Water
For the rice
  • Brown rice (not red rice) - 3 handfuls - boiled well
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Yellow bell pepper - 1/2 - finely chopped
  • Red bell pepper - 1/2 - finely chopped
  • Spring onions - 2-3 - finely chopped
  • Red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
  • Chilli vinegar - 1 tsp 
  • Olive oil - 1 tbsp
  • Pepper - 1/2 tsp

For the bean filling

  • Black or red beans (Rajma) - 1 cup - soaked overnight and boiled (drain out all water)
  • Onion - 1 - chopped
  • Garlic - 4-5 cloves
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Olive oil - 1 tsp
  • Salsa sauce - readymade - 1 tbsp
  • Jalapenos - I used 4-5 slices from a bottle and chopped them finely
For the guacamole (more like yogurt guacamole. I didn't have sour cream for a separate topping so I added yogurt to the guacamole and it turned out fine)

  • Avocado - 1 ripe - peeled and chopped
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Garlic - 1 clove
  • Curd/ yogurt - 1 tbsp (must be thick, of a dip consistency)
  • 2 tbsp chopped onion
  • 2 tbsp chopped tomato
  • salt to taste
For the garnish
  • Cheese slices - 4 (this is what I had, if you have better cheese, use that)
  • finely chopped tomato
  • finely chopped green onion
  • Readymade salsa sauce
  • coriander leaves
How to

Bean filling
  1. Heat olive oil in a pan
  2. Fry onions till translucent
  3. Add garlic and fry some more
  4. Add the beans and mash them really well. Add some water if necessary to make a loose pasty consistency
  5. Add salt, salsa sauce and jalapenos and mix well
  6. Keep aside
Rice
  1. Heat olive oil in a pan
  2. Add the chopped peppers and stir fry
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients except rice and stir fry 
  4. Finally add the rice and toss well
  5. Keep aside
Guacamole
  1. Toss everything in a mixer and give a quick churn to make a chunky sauce
Tortillas
  1. Mix everything and knead into a tight dough
  2. Divide in to 4 equal portions and roll out thin tortillas
  3. Heat a griddle and cook till lightly brown on both sides
Assembling
  1. While the tortilla is still hot on the pan, add a slice of cheese to melt it slightly
  2. Take off from the flame and in to a plate.
  3. Spread the guacamole in one long line
  4. Then spread the rice along the same line
  5. Add the bean filling on top of the rice following the line
  6. Top it up with rest of the garnishing 
  7. Fold the tortilla tightly to make the burrito 
  8. Serve hot with some additional guacamole and rice