Caribbean Red Beans and Rice( Legumes – Red kidney bean )

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INGREDIENTS:

• 1 diced onion
  
• 3 cloves garlic
  
• 1/4 – 1/2 t nutmeg and cinnamon
  
• 1/2 – 1 t cloves
  
• Salt, black or cayenne pepper to taste
  
• 1 can kidney beans
  
• 1 x 14 oz / 400 g can tomatoes
  
• 1 cup rice
  

METHOD:
Chop up onion and garlic and toss them into a deep frying pan or a saucepan. Fry them in a little olive oil until onions are as usual, translucent. Add the spices (I tend to use the larger amount).

Drain and reserve liquid of 1 can kidney beans. Put beans in pan, saute around a little bit.

Drain and reserve liquid of 1 can tomatoes. Moosh tomatoes up, put them in and sauté around a little bit too. Add 1 cup rice, any kind, and the appropriate amount of liquid, using the reserved kidney bean and tomato juice for some of it, and topping up with water. Cover the pan, let simmer until the rice is cooked and you have a nice thick tomatoey clovey yummy bunch of beans and rice.

NOTES:
There was a bit too much liquid in mine putting the amount the rice called for in but I just took off the lid and cooked it down. Yummy.