Brown rice with beans

Ingredients:

Brown rice: 2 cups.
Mix dry beans of bean soup or your choice dried beans [red kidney beans,lima beans,black beans and so on ]: 1 cup
Mix chopped vegetables of your choice : 1 cup
tomatoes [chopped or diced or canned ] : 1/2 cup
2 potatoes peeled and cut in 3 pieces each[ optional]

salt:1 tsp
red chilli powder : 1 tsp
turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
coriander powder : 1/2 tsp
garam masala powder : 1/4 tsp


METHOD:

1. Soak mix dry beans for at least 2 hours in water enough to cover them. About 3 cups. [or soak over night]

2. Add soaked beans with water and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and oil 2 tablespoon and  pressure cook beans in pressure cooker for 30 minutes or sauce pan for 2 hours.

3. Let  the pressure cool and open cooker add washed and half an hour soaked brown rice [ you can soak rice while beans are being cooked] and vegetables and tomatoes chopped or canned [1/2 cup] and salt and chillipowder,garam masala powder and coriander powder . and remiang 1/4 tsp turmeric powder. add one cup water. potatoes optional .

close lid and pressure cook for another 30 minutes
Yummy and nutritious brown rice with beans is ready. I served it with fried fish.