World Flavors Cookbook

Diri Djon Djon (Black Mushroom Rice)

Fragrant black rice cooked with native dried djon djon mushrooms.

Cuisine: Haiti

Ingredients

• djon djon mushrooms (dried), jasmine rice, coconut milk, garlic, thyme, cloves, lima beans or green peas, butter

Instructions

1. Soak mushrooms in hot water to extract black color
2. Strain
3. Cook rice in the black mushroom water with coconut milk and aromatics
4. Stir in beans