Ingredients
- 200gm Adzuki Beans - soaked overnight and rinsed
- 400gm Kent or Butternut Pumpkin - diced into 10mm cubes and oven roasted
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 200gm Celery - diced into 5mm lengths
- 1 strip Kombu Seaweed - washed and shredded
- 10gm Celtic Sea Salt
- 200gm Brown Rice - cooked
- 10gm Mint – finely chopped
- 10gm Italian Parsley – finely chopped
- 5gm Rosemary - finely chopped
- 10gm Toasted Sesame Seeds
- 20ml Tamari
- Lemon or Lime cheeks for garnish
Preparation
In a suitable sized pot cover Adzuki beans and the Kombu with pure water. Bring to boil and simmer for approximately 25 mins. Add celery, roasted pumpkin, salt and sesame oil and simmer a further 30 mins or until tender. Tamari can be stirred through before serving or set in a side dish on table and added to suit individual. Transfer to casserole dish and sprinkle mint, parsley, rosemary and toasted sesame seeds. Serve over boiled brown rice with lemon or lime cheeks for garnish.
Nutritional Information
Kombu is kelp – a brown seaweed cultivated in Japan that is eaten both raw and cooked. It comes packaged in dried strips, is sweet tasting and in the West is used mainly to flavour broths, soups and sauces. It can also be soaked in water and used to wrap around flavoured fish, rice and vegetables. Kombu seaweed is rich in protein, calcium, iodine, magnesium, iron and folate. Tamari is a type of shoyu, Japanese for soy sauce. It is made by collecting the liquid that drains from miso as it ages, yielding a complex rich favour. Tamari aids in the digestion of grains and vegetables and is a rich source of minerals. Adzuki Beans, originally from Japan, are popular in soups and rice dishes but can also be used in desserts because of their sweet flavour. Like most beans, Adzuki are rich in soluble fibre which helps to eliminate cholesterol from the body. They are a good source of magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc copper, manganese and vitamin B3. As a high-potassium, low-sodium food, they help reduce blood pressure and are low in fat. Their high iron content makes Adzuki a perfect source of food for women's general health.