Pandora's Feast - Veggie Rice Cooker Dish

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice
• 2 cups water

Some or all of the following

• 1 cup black beans or other beans
• thai sweet black rice
• 1 cup potato, cubed
• 1 cup sweet potato, cubed
• 1 cup squash, cubed
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 cup beet, cubed
• 1 cup kale, chopped
• olive oil (optional) or other nutritious oil (optional)
• nutritional yeast (optional)
• soy sauce (optional)
• black sesame seed (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Add the brown rice and water to the rice cooker. If you have "Thai sweet black rice" or "Chinese forbidden black rice", replace about 10% of your brown rice with this and your finished product will be a lovely purple and will have a different taste.

2. 2

   The beans should either be pre-soaked (preferred) or from a can. Drain, rinse, and add these to the rice cooker. If you're presoaking, the beans need about 8 hours to soak.

3. 3

   If using, add the garlic the cooker.

4. 4

   If using, add the sweet potato, squash, beet or potato, chop into cubes 1cm x 1cm for optimal cooking.

5. 5

   On a fuzzy logic cooker, set the cooker to the brown rice setting and turn it on. For an on/off cooker, turn it on.

6. 6

   If using, chop the kale.

7. 7

   In about 20–40 minutes, your cooker will complete cooking the rice. When the cooker is finished, open the lid, add the kale, and wait about another minute or two.

8. 8

   Open and serve. Top with oil, yeast, soy sauce and/or sesame seeds, to taste.