Porotos granados

 Porotos granados is a chilean dish, it is a dish to eat in summer using seasonal products; porotos (green beans) and corn that are harvested in summer.

Porotos are green beans , harvested before complete maduration.

Pilco is the name given to the corn.

There is a different version of the dish with 'mazamorra' a mixture of corn flour and milk to thicken the broth.

Ingredients:


- 325 grams of green beans.
- 150 grams of corn.
- 1 onion.
- 1 garlic clove.
- Oil.
- Salt.
- Pepper.

- 1 Carrot.
- 1 tablespoon basil.
- 1 tablespoon papikra.
- 200 grams pumkin.
- Water.
- 2 Tomatoes.

Method:

1- Cut the onion, garlic and carrot in little pieces, sautée in a casserole until it gets golden.

2- Add pepper, papikra, basil and salt. Stir and cook for 1 minute.

3- Cut tomatoes in little pieces and add them to the casserole, add the beans and cook for another minute.

4- Add warm water until all the ingredients are covered and cook for half an hour covered with a lid at medium heat.

5- Add the pumpkin and corn. Cook for 1 or 2 hours if you are using normal beans and 15 minutes if you are using green beans.

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Chile

Arabian Masala

 Masala means spice, Indian masala is well known but there also exists the arabian masala consumed in the Middle East countries.

Here you have the recipe, this masala will be used for the recipe I will publish next week.

You can use less quantity of each spice but you should keep the proportions.

Ingredients:

- 100 g cumin seeds.

- 50 g coriander seeds.

- 75 g fennel seeds.

- 100 g green cardamon.

- 20 g clove.

- 40 g black pepper.

- 4 chili .

- 5 bay leaves.

- 5 star anise.

- 3 black cardamon seeds.

- 2 dried lemons.

- 100 g turmeric.

Method:

1- Cook all the species but the turmeric in one pan without oil. Put it on a low heat.

2- When you start to smell the scent of the spices turn off the heat and add the turmeric. Mix well.

3- Put the mixture in a spice grinder and grind. That's all!

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

Receta en Español

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