Arroz Amarillo con Achiote (Yellow Rice)

The Caribbean cuisine is as vibrant as its culture and land. There is such a healthy blend of so many other regional cuisines in its food like African, French, Spanish and even Indian. How about that? It seems to have taken exotic flavors from all these countries and made its own version from it.

So, don’t be surprised to find recipes which look and sound familiar to some other dish you know which you enjoyed in some other setting. Although its inevitable that it has lots of meat based dishes, its great to know that its cuisine has many vegetarian dishes included too. I didn’t have to search for options to make anything vegetarian at least as long as I have about 10-12 famous vegetarian dishes before that to try out.

This is a simple dish made with Achiote, otherwise called as Annatto Seeds which gives this dish its beautiful yellow color (or should I say orangish yellow?) Its a staple in the Caribbean thanks to its beautiful color and flavor. I read somewhere that this dish is served with a garnish of Pimentos. Use them if you can get hold of the red beauties. If you want a meat version then add Cooked chicken to make the famous ‘Arroz con Pollo’ . I have put together this recipe gathered from various different ones from the internet

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