Djuvech (bosnian Vegetables And Rice)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 100 g onions
• 300 g tomatoes
• 100 g bell peppers (red or green)
• 100 g eggplants
• 100 g zucchini
• 50 g french beans
• 50 g green peas
• 1 garlic clove
• 200 g rice
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 15 g salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika (hot)
• 10 g pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin (optional)

Recipe

• 1 slice onion into half-rounds, as well as peppers.
• 2 slice eggplant into stripes and season with some salt (leave eggplant about 15 minutes, and than squeeze them with your hands to extract bitter liquid).
• 3 cut tomatoes into slices.
• 4 cut french beans into 3-4 cm long pieces and blanche in hot water for few minutes.
• 5 cut zucchini into slices.
• 6 remove green peas from shucks.
• 7 finely mince garlic.
• 8 put olive oil in a pot and add following this order (each ingredient sauté first for couple of minutes, one after another in the same pot not removing previous vegetable): onion, peppers, eggplant, garlic, tomato, french beans, green peas, and zucchini. season it with salt, paprika, pepper, thyme and oregano (cumin).
• 9 when all ingredients are soft, and liquid evaporates (about 15 minutes) add rice, stir a bit and add water according to manufacturer manual (you may add some more salt). cook until rice is done.
• 10 it must not bee too liquid, it must be sticky and dry; rice must almost fry.