RICE WITH  VEGETABLES
For 4 to 5 people.
Preparation time: 45 min.

Ingredients

½ kg rice
¼ kg green beans
¼ kg peas
½ kg artichokes
2 handfuls of spring onions
3 or 4 cloves of garlic
100g tuna in oil
2 potatoes
1 aubergine
2 large tomatoes
1 red pepper
1 spoonful of paprika
1 lemon, oil, salt  

Steps

1. Prepare the vegetables:
- Wash, peel, and cut the pepper into strips
- Peel the potatoes and cut into thick slices (leave them to soak)
- Cut the aubergines into half slices (keep them in water and salt
 until  you use them)
- Cut the garlic into thin slices and chop the spring onions
- Peel the artichokes and cut into quarters (put them to one side
and  place them in water and vinegar to stop them from changing colour)
- Chop the beans.
- Shell the peas and take the skin off the tomato


2. to make the sofrito (fried mixture of ingredients)
- Put a generous amount of oil into the pan and fry the following
ingredients in the same order:
- Potatoes
- Peppers
- Spring onion and garlic, stir 2 or 3 times and add the vegetables
one  at a time, except for the tomato
- Leave it to fry on a low flame for 15 minutes
- Make a space in the middle to add the tomato and fry it.


3. add the paprika, saffron, and water. Leave it to boil for about 10
minutes.


4. add the rice, leave it to boil for 15 minutes and add the tuna



5. add the juice of a lemon to stop it from becoming darker in colour


6. remove from the heat and leave it for a few minutes before serving

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