I want to thank you personally for reading my first blog post. If you haven’t – scroll down a little and please read. Today I will be engaging in a war that has been going on for far too long – the battle of the rice ! There seems to be an ongoing battle over which country makes the best rice. As a proud first generation Haitian immigrant, let’s settle this once and for all it’s Haiti. No shade to the other countries chile we are all one but I must dive into the variety of our rice. It is made so fluffy not sticky, not mushy, it compares to none. It has a distinct taste thanks to our magic base ingredient epis, which can also be found in other countries under different names. Just to name a few, and not to brag AT ALL here are some of our rices :
- Diri djondjon which is depicted in the picture above, is made out of a special black mushroom that grows in the moutains of Haiti. Some people make that rice with different type of green peas (sweet green peas or lima beans) it can also be made with or without shrimp. This is the one that you buss out at a very special event because Djondjon is expensive !
- Diri colle or rice and beans : THIS is our staple rice, it’s fragrant fluffy and the taste is wonderful, you can have it with stewed chicken or anything really, it’s amazing
- Diri macédoine : This is a colourful rice with mixed vegetables that has a yellowish colour and is perfect for parties
- Diri blan : The best white rice you’ll ever have, you can either use jasmine rice for this or regular long grain but it is best enjoyed with some LEGIM (vegetables) best combo ever
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