Black Beans in Adobo Sauce over Cumin Rice
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Black Beans in Adobo Sauce over Cumin Rice
Image by Kristin Brenemen
Simple, cheap food to fill many people’s bellies 
Ingredients
1 lb dried black beans
onion
salt and pepper
cumin
chipotle in adobo sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (salt free)
Directions
Soak the beans over night. Use plenty of water!
Early the next day, top with more water and add diced onion, the tomatoes, a healthy amount of pepper, a bit of salt, healthy amount of cumin, and a small can of chipotles in adobo sauce. Cook on high for 6~10 hours, depending on how soft you want them.
This has a little kick to it, but the chipotles gives it a smoky/sweet spice. I wish I put more in it honestly since I love spicy food.
Serve with over rice and then top with japanenos, cilantro, cheese, more tomatoes, more onions… you can top with anything. I just used lots of cilantro, personally.
Note: The guys brought some cajun sausage to add to the meal, so I just skillet-cooked the meat and added it to the pot after everything was done.
Cumin Rice
I use a rice cooker.
I cooked 4 cups of rice to go with the beans, and it may not have been enough. I often use jasmine, but this week it’s just plain long grain white rice.
In a skillet: quickly melt some butter and cumin seeds (whole) until the seeds are a ltitle browned. Don’t burn the butter! Dump this in the rice cooker with the raw rice and water. Add some lime juice (I use 1-2 cap fulls of real lime juice per cup and that may be a bit conservative) and then cook rice as directed.
Yum!
Lamb and Carrot Dumplings – Original Taste – Alpha
Image by avlxyz
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Dinner for 8 at Original Taste Northern Chinese Food came to a reasonable AUD105. We were able to try a few more dishes this time, and everyone agreed that the food was good and the familiar flavours were combined in new and different ways. The salads were crunchy and light, while the stews were rich and satisfying. Wheat is the staple cereal in the North and we had dumplings andŃ different types of pancakes. With glass noodles, there was one made from sweet potato flour and flat and round varieties made from green mung bean flour. The chilli chicken could have been more of a Sichuan dish but it was crisp and tasty. According to the waitress, it is marinated in Chinese black rice vinegar.
The only problem is that I don’t remember the Chinese names because most of them were recommendations by the waitress.
Since I borrowed Hong’s 6 y.o. Fujifilm Finepix S602Zoom, we decided to compare results with our 2 y.o. Casio Exilim EX-Z8Ȓ.
As it turns out, the Finepix produced photos with better colours, but occasionally over-exposed photos, whereas the Exilim was more consistent. I wonder if the circuits inside the Finepix are getting a bit old? I remember using it for Cathy & Scott and Chris & James’ weddings and it was fine.
In terms of shutter lag and general responsiveness, the newer Exilim definitely won out over the older Finepix.
It’s probably not really fair to compare camera’s made 4 years apart! 
源味香 东Œ—è馆
Original Taste Northern China Cuisine
930 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill
Tel: 03 9898 8787
Julia’s photos (Casio Exilim ):
- Home-style Salad
- Jellyfish, Squid – 6 Taste Salad
- Belly Pork and Preserved Cabbage Stew – flash
- Belly Pork and Preserved Cabbage Stew
- Chicken and Mushroom Stew
- Chilli Fried Chicken
Alpha’s photos (http://www.flickr.com/cameras/fujifilm/finepix_s602_zoom/):
- Home-style Salad
- Jellyfish, Squid – 6 Taste Salad
- Belly Pork and Preserved Cabbage Stew
- Chicken and Mushroom Stew
- Chilli Fried Chicken
- Stir-Fried French Bean, Pork Mince and Preserved Vegetable
- Stir-Fried French Bean, Pork Mince and Preserved Vegetable on pancake
- Spring Onion Pancake
- Lamb and Carrot Fried Dumplings
- Feng and JX hiding
Camera reviews:
- Fujifilm Finepix S602Zoom – Digital Photography Review
- www.flickr.com/cameras/fujifilm/finepix_s602_zoom/
- Casio Exilim EX-Z850 – Digital Photography Review
- Casio Exilim – flickr
