Okra with Kongo Peas and Rice

Rice with Kongo sauce and peas with Okra (Haitian) recipe:

Ingredients

-2 cups of Kongo peas
-2 cups of rice
-2 cups of Okra
-1 pack of water Cresson
-2 table spoon of tomato paste
-3 table spoon of olive oil
-2 leeks
-Parsley, salt, spice.
-1 onion
-2 table spoon of butter/margarine

Procedure:

Kongo sauce + peas

1. Boil the Kongo peas until cooked (it should take around 30 minutes);
2. Take half of the cooked peas and put it in a blender. Blend until it no peas are visible. Put the other half in a saucepan which contains the butter.
3. Pour the sauce into the saucepan by filtering it with a strainer. If needed, take the leftovers inside the strainer and put them back into the blender and filter it again.
4. Cook on low heat for 15 minutes. Then, salt to taste.

Rice

1. Boil 3 cups of water. Add 1 table spoon of oil and add 1 tea spoon of salt.
2. When the water boils, add 2 cups of rice.
3. When the water is almost evaporated, cover the rice and lower the heat.
4. Let the rice cool down for about 15 minutes.

Okra

1. Cut the Cresson and the onion into small bits.
2. Pour 2 table spoon of olive oil in a sauce pan.
3. Add 2 cups of Okra into the sauce pan. Cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add 2 table spoon of tomato paste, and then add the Cresson and onion bits.
5. Season to taste and whisk everything (5 minutes).

Serve hot.

Clarence