Sunday, 27 May 2012

Guacamole with bean and rice burritos

My mom came to stay for a couple of days, and with her she brought very ripe avocados and bananas.  She knows I hate to waste food, and both, avocados and bananas, when ripe, are perfect for quite a few tasty meals.  I ended up making bean and rice burritos, and a very tasty guacamole.  I wrote a post about bean burritos in the past, but I think it was sans photos.

First the beans, I used black, rinsed, then soaked over night.  In the morning I boiled them on low heat for about 3 hours, I made 3 cups of dry beans, which yields a lot of beans, but you can eat them for a couple of days and the left overs can be frozen or used with tortilla chips/ nachos.  When cooking, I add cayenne, cumin, salt, pepper, garlic, onion.  Once soft/ cooked, mash with a potato masher.



I use brown rice and cook it with a Cajun spice, so that it's not bland.  You can make your own spice blend by using paprika, cayenne, salt, etc.


To make the guacamole, you'll need: ripe avocados (I used 3), a lime's worth of juice, cayenne, tomato (use plum, otherwise discard the seeds), onion (I used red onion), garlic, salt, and cilantro.  
Mash the avocado(s) with a fork:


That's the cilantro from my kitchen garden.  So pure and fragrant.


Mix all the ingredients together, and leave in the fridge for an hour, so that the flavours have a chance to mingle:



You end up with a delicious fresh and summery tasting guacamole:


Choose your toppings:





I have diced tomato, plain 10% yogurt instead of sour cream, because it's what I had on hand, old white cheddar, marble cheese (for James), salsa.


Arrange your toppings, and fold over or into a little packet.

 

Grill, I close the grill, so they warm evenly on both sides at the same time:



And presto:


I guess this one is more of a soft taco; by folding over I can fit more stuff into the small tortillas.  Either way, I like to use corn tortillas.  The store bought ones still have some wheat flour, probably so they're more flexible.  Maybe one of these days I will make my own corn flour tortillas.


So yummy!  Buen provecho!

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