Djuvech (Bosnian Vegetables and Rice)

Name: Djuvech (Bosnian Vegetables and Rice)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bosnian & Sandžak
Ingredients: 100 g onions; 300 g tomatoes; 100 g bell peppers; 100 g eggplants; 100 g zucchini; 50 g French beans; 50 g green peas; 1 garlic clove; 200 g rice; 3 tbsp olive oil; 15 g salt; 0.5 tsp paprika; 10 g pepper; 0.5 tsp dried oregano; 0.25 tsp cumin

A side dish of aubergine, rice and tomatoes, seasoned with clove and paprika and cooked in a pan.

1 hr 5 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 25 min · Cook 40 min · 65 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Slice onion into half-rounds, as well as peppers. 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).
15 min
2
Cut tomatoes into slices. Cut French beans into 3-4 cm long pieces and blanche in hot water for few minutes.
3
Cut zucchini into slices. Remove green peas from shucks. Finely mince garlic. 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).
4
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.
15 min
5
It must not bee too liquid, it must be sticky and dry; rice must almost fry.