Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Posted by Mala at 1:00:00 AM 6 comments
Mexican Gumbo......yet another signature recipe of my daughter...a true comfort food on these chilly nights....
Gumbo is a stew which originated from southern parts of Lousiana during 18th century . This is again a very very healthy recipe, loaded with high protein content.
My daughter made this in the slow cooker. We can make  this in pressure cooker too. I just loved the slow cooker cooking method...absolutely trouble free, no need to stand nearby and stir ..........she put everything in the crockpot / slow cooker, we roamed around here and there .........and it was ready late in the evening for dinner!!!



Ingredients
Black beans, soaked overnight - 6 cups
Red bell pepper - 1, finely chopped
Green bell pepper - 1, finely chopped
Onion - 1, finely chopped
Garlic - 6 pods, chopped
Fresh or frozen corn 3 cups
Vegetable stock or plain water to cook the black beans as required
Green chillies or jalapeno - 6 finely chopped
Chilli powder - 2 tsps
Jeera / cumin powder - 3 tsps
Crushed tortilla chips - 1 cup
Fresh cilantro/coriander leaves - 1 huge cup
Salt to taste
Sour cream, Mexican cheese and tortilla chips, as required

For the grilled veggies
Olive oil - 3 tsps
Green bell pepper - 1, cut into long strips
Onion - 1, cut into long strips

Recipe Cuisine: Mexican; Category: Lunch / Dinner
Prep time: 15 mts; Cooking time: Whole day, if it is slow-cooker method; If pressure cooker method, then 40 mts;

Serves 8-10



Black beans, soaked over night, put in the slow cooker, vegetable broth added. You can add plain water too, or make some broth by boiling whatever vegetables available at home, taking just the water and discarding the veggies

Chopped tomatoes, green chillies or jalapeno, corn, garlic, onions, green and red bell peppers, chilli powder and jeera / cumin powder added step by step


Crushed tortilla chips added to thicken the gumbo, liberal heap of fresh chopped cilantro / coriander leaves added. 


The well cooked gumbo, hand blended. Add salt to taste



Spanish rice: In a pressure pan, add 2 tsps olive oil, then saute 4-5 pods of finely chopped garlic, 1 finely chopped onion, 1 slit green chilli, 1 tsp chilli powder etc, then add 1 cup soaked and drained brown rice, add 21/2 cups of water, and cook for 3 whistles. Garnish with coriander leaves


 Make Corn Salsa , as illustrated.



The sauteed green bell peppers and onions


 Now.......all things are ready. We just have to build a gumbo bowl...
.First take a bowl place a scoop of spanish rice


then 2 scoops of gumbo (which we have cooked in the slow cooker or pressure cooker, and hand blended)



Now, the grilled veggies and corn salsa

now the sour cream


now the mexican cheese


finally, top it up with some crunchy tortilla chips


Serve the warm Mexican Gumbo...it will taste yum!!! the cool, soothing  sour cream, the tasty mexican cheese, the crunchy grilled veggies, the spicy corn salsa, and the crisp tortilla chips.....I tell you...this is a real amalgamation of various tastes!!! Satiate your hunger pangs by having a bowl of this healthy Gumbo.


This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com
Notes
* If mexican cheese is not available, use any other cheese available in the market
* Sour cream can be very well whipped up in a jiffy. Whisk half a cup of store-bought thick yogurt or hung curds(if you are using home made curds)  and half a cup of fresh cream, and your sour cream is ready!!!
*Tortilla chips are , for sure, available in India.
* If you do not get black beans, no worries...use rajma and black eyed chick peas (karamani) 







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