Basmati rice with red beans

Boil the water add rice salt and ground cumin boil till water is almost absorbed forming craters cover remove from heat let sit 15 minutes undisturbed

Add beans and sofrito pimiento peppers sugar into a pan heat well add rice when its set its time add the Fil Powder.

Cook for 3 minutes cover let sit 5 minutes I hope you ebjoy

SOFRITO: 2medium Spanishonions(about 12 ounces), cut into large chunks. 3to 4 Italian frying peppers or Cubanelle peppers, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks. 16to 20cloves garlic, peeled. 1large bunch cilantro, washed. 4leaves culantro

3to 4ripe plum tomatoes(about 1 pound), cored and cut into chunks. 1largered bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks

7-10 sweet peppers

Put all the sofrito ingredients into a blender blend into chunky puree