Black Beans & Brown Rice With Garlicky Kale

Ingredients

– 29 oz. can of black beans – drained

– 3 cups brown rice (cooked)

– ½ tsp cumin powder

– 1 tsp dried garlic*

– 1 tbsp hemp seeds*

– 2 cups chopped baby kale

– Olive oil for drizzling

– ½ tbsp. crushed pepper

– 1 tsp salt

– 1 tsp white sesame seeds

 

Preparation

Heat oil in a pan, add garlic and sesame seeds, as soon as they start getting brown slow down the flame and add white portion of the green onions/spring onions/scallions.Saut for few minutes in the low flame and add kale and saut again. Then add black beans.

 

Mix well.

 

Mix in all the spices and saut again for few minutes. Toss in green portion of the green onions/spring onions/scallions and saut again.

 

Add brown rice and mix well so that the rice is fully coated. Cover and cook for 3 minutes or until done.Take it out in a serving plate and garnish with hemp seeds.

 

Serve hot, or at room temperature or can be served cold. Can be prepared a day ahead and refrigerated and consumed the next day.