Boil the water add rice salt and ground cumin boil till water is almost absorbed forming craters cover remove from heat let sit 15 minutes undisturbed

Add beans and sofrito pimiento peppers sugar into a pan heat well add rice when its set its time add the Filé Powder.

Cook for 3 minutes cover let sit 5 minutes I hope you ebjoy

SOFRITO: 2 medium Spanish onions (about 12 ounces), cut into large chunks. 3 to 4 Italian frying peppers or Cubanelle peppers, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks. 16 to 20 cloves garlic, peeled. 1 large bunch cilantro, washed. 4 leaves culantro

3 to 4 ripe plum tomatoes (about 1 pound), cored and cut into chunks. 1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks

7-10 sweet peppers

Put all the sofrito ingredients into a blender blend into chunky puree