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This recipe is a rich blend of B Vitamins, antioxidants, and trace minerals copper and potassium – All from the delicious, meaty mushrooms. When cooked with the rice and select aromatic spices, it makes the dish a wholesome, nutritious one-pot meal! In addition, when cooked in MEC pots, all the nutrients are there for your body to receive and use, without the toxins!

Serves 3-5 People | Duration: 30-40 mins

Ingredients:

Vegetables:

• 2 cups of mushrooms, cleaned and washed after soaking in water for 5-10 mins (shiitake, portobello, or button mushrooms if mushrooms are big, you can shop them to bite size, if smaller size, you can add as is)
• 1 medium-sized onion, thinly sliced. 

Spices:

• 1 tsp. cumin seeds
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed coarsely in mortar and pestle
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp. coriander powder
• 3 green chilis, sliced on long side
• ½ tsp. turmeric

Grains:

• 2 cups Basmati parboiled rice, washed
• 2 tsp. oil, optional (use sesame seed, peanut, or olive oil) 
• Sea salt, to taste

Other:

• 3.5 cups water 

Steps:

1. Place MEC medium pot on stove and start stove on low. Add oil and all spices. Close lid and cook for a few minutes, until you slice the onion. 
2. Add sliced onion to pot and raise heat to medium setting. Mix, cover, and cook for 5 mins. 
3. Add mushrooms, stir in with other ingredients in the pot, cover, and cook for 5-10 mins. 
4. Add rice and stir in with rest of ingredients. After 2 minutes add water and salt, then cover and cook until done. 

Serve with Yogurt condiments and/or 1 Tbsp. of pickle on the side to add probiotic and prebiotic value to food!