Roasted Halloumi Bowl with Red Beans and Edamame with homemade harissa

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Cooked rice

1. 1
   Rinse the rice in cold water until the water runs clear and drain.

   Colander

   💡Rinsing removes the starch from the surface of the grains: the rice comes out fluffy and separate, not sticky.
2. 2
   In a pot, bring the water and salt to a boil, add the rice and stir once.

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3. 3
   Turn down to low, cover and simmer 12 minutes without opening the lid, until the liquid is absorbed.

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   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
4. 4
   Turn off the heat and leave covered 10 minutes.

   💡Don't open the lid during cooking: the steam is what cooks the top layer. A towel between the pot and the lid absorbs the drips, so the rice doesn't get soggy.

To assemble

1. 5
   Blanch the edamame and corn 3 minutes in boiling water and drain.

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2. 6
   Rinse and drain the beans.

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3. 7
   Soak the dried peppers 30 minutes in hot water, drain and remove the seeds.

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4. 8
   Grind the peppers in a food processor with the garlic, salt and black pepper.

   Food processor

   💡In a food processor, grind in short pulses and check between pulses: it's easy to go from coarse to paste. (Sesame for tahini, on the other hand, is ground continuously.)
5. 9
   Add the oil in a thin stream, while Tahini, until a smooth paste.

   Food processor

   💡The thin stream is everything: fat that goes in too fast can't bind, and the sauce breaks. For mayonnaise and hollandaise, if this happens, start with a fresh yolk and slowly add the broken sauce to it; if the sauce is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon of water.
6. 10
   Mix the yogurt with the harissa.

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7. 11
   Cut the halloumi into slices 1 cm thick and pat dry with paper towels. Heat a grill pan over high heat, brush the slices with a tablespoon of the olive oil and grill 2 minutes per side, until there are dark stripes and the cheese starts to soften.

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   💡Serve immediately, while the halloumi is hot: halloumi turns hard and rubbery as it cools.
8. 12
   Crumble the feta and slice the avocado.

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9. 13
   Divide the rice among the bowls.

   Serving bowl
10. 14
    Arrange separate piles of the beans, edamame, corn, olives, feta and avocado on top.
11. 15
    Add a spoonful of the yogurt sauce to each bowl, and drizzle the rest of the olive oil and the lemon juice over the vegetables.
12. 16
    Top with the hot the halloumi and serve immediately.