• 11/2 cups brown rice
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup water
• 7 medium sized plum tomatoes
• 1 cinnamon stick (you can also used the powder form 1/2 teaspoon)
• 7 cloves
• 1 large or 2 small bayleaves
• green seasoning homemade
• salt
• dry parsley leaves
• -dry basil
• pimento peppers
• onion
• garlic

For the Chicken stew

• chicken breasts
• 1 irish potato (medium sized)
• 1 carrot -water
• onion
• garlic
• pimento
• green seasoning homemade
• salt
• Guyanese Browning

Instructions

• with pot on stove, add coconut milk followed by peppers, onion, garlic, spices and tomatoes
• give a quick stir and bring to a boil
• next add in washed rice and mix in well
• add in salt to taste, homemade green seasoning and water. mix well
• next do in with dry seasoning; parsley flakes and basil.
• let rice boil until half cooked. once half cooked, place pressure rubber and pressure head on pot cover and pressure it for 10 mins
• while tomato rice is cooking, move on to making the chicken stew. with pot on stove add 1 tablespoon of oil. next add in chicken, garlic, onion and pimento pepper. give it a really good mix.
• next add in 1 tablespoon or so of browning and mix well. allow it to fry for a couple of minutes.
• add in some water and season with salt and homemade green seasoning. (be sure to check for flavouring as you go along) add in potato and carrots and allow it to cook (add in any additional water at this point)
• after 10 mins tomato rice should be finished. allow to cool before removing the pressure head. once that is done stir the pot so that all the flavours are evenly distributed throughout the pot
• serve with a cole slaw or a simple green salad

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