Let's get back to grocery shopping!
What kind of rice and beans do you buy? I want to stock up for the pandemic but never have really purchased that before. I do not want an overly salty brand. I like spicy stuff but can always add cayenne or red baby flakes. I think it would be good to have on hand but don't know what to purchase. There are many brands out there!
Depends on the food you want to cook. We keep three main types of rice around the house:
Jasmine rice (your general all-purpose rice for most Chinese food or typical western dishes that use rice, smells great when cooking it)
Basmati rice (kinda fluffier and long grain - used in a lot of Indian/pakistani dishes that we eat)
polished short grain Japanese rice (used for sushi and sticky rice dishes, but can also be substituted for risotto rice in a pinch)
We also usually have a medium grain brown rice . . . which tastes like shit on it's own, but gets mixed into the other rices when they're heavily spiced or served with a strong flavoured sauce/stew/curry to add more fiber. Brown rice is totally optional though, but it's important to have the three above. At least for the food we cook.
As far as beans:
- Brown lentils (great in soups)
- Red lentils (great in dal)
- Chickpeas (channa masala)
- Navy beans (your generic all-purpose bean - great for baked beans among other stuff)
- Butter beans (like giant navy beans)
- Kidney beans (chili)
- Pinto beans / black eyed peas (bean variety!)
Beans are pretty chill. You can substitute most beans for one another in recipes. Any any meal with a sauce can always take some random beans for extra protein and fiber.