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Diri ak Pwa

Name: Diri ak Pwa
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Haiti
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 200g (canned) Red kidney beans; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 Green Onion; 2 sprigs Thyme; 3 Clove; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 400ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked in the broth of red beans — the bean rice essential to Haiti's daily table.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Diri ak pwa means 'rice and beans' in Haitian Creole: red beans are cooked and rice is cooked in their tinted liquid. Scenting it with garlic, thyme, a whole chili, and cloves is the Haitian way. It's the staple served with almost every dish, from griot to chicken stew.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Haitian kitchen, the aroma of red-brown rice and beans fresh from a big pot spreads as it's heaped onto the family's plates.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Rice 2 cups
Red kidney beans 200g (canned)
Garlic 2 cloves
Green Onion 2
Thyme 2 sprigs
Clove 3
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, fry the beans, and remove.
In the same pot, sauté the chopped garlic and green onion.
Add the water, the liquid from the canned beans, salt, thyme, cloves, and a whole chili and bring to a boil.
Add the rinsed rice and beans, cover, and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Turn off the heat, let stand 10 minutes, and mix.

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