Recipe for Pigeon Peas and Rice 
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Yield:
8
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
1/2 lb Dry Pigeon peas or dry kidney beans soaked overnight
6 cup water
1/2 cup onion chopped
1/2 cup green bell pepper chopped
2 x cloves garlic minced
2 tbl vegetable oil
2 oz creamed coconut milk
2 cup uncooked long grain rice
2 tsp dried thyme
1 sm onion stuck with
6 whl cloves
Instructions:
Instructions: Soak beans overnight (if using the dry beans).

Combine 6 cups water and beans in a 6 quart pot. Saute onion, pepper, and garlic in oil until tender. Stir mixture into bean pot. Bring to a boil. Add rice, coconut milk, thyme and onion with cloves. Boil for 10 minutes.

Reduce heat, cover and simmer until beans are tender. Add more water if necessary and simmer covered for 20 to 25 minutes or until rice is tender.

Alternative: substitute one 15 oz. can cooked beans. Add them to the pot after boiling the rice for about 5 minutes.

NOTES : Healthy African-Inspired Foods: a traditional beans and rice dish

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