Showing posts with label burrito. Show all posts
Showing posts with label burrito. Show all posts

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!