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I need some help. I’m trying to make my own Adafina (cholent, Sephardic style) and it’s just not working. My family makes it great, but when extra help is needed in the kitchen and I make it, it comes …let’s just not talk about it. The rice becomes so mushy in the crockpot after sitting all night till Shabbat lunch. (We usually stick a bag of rice with the other ingredients and let it cook all night in a slowcooker).
Is there any way I can prevent that???
use brown rice or add the rice just before shabbat if lor lets.
hey, where’d your subtitle go?!
I was going to say brown rice also. Maybe you are using too much water???
i thought it was called hamin??
if it doesnt say chulent on the can, its not chulent.
If it comes in a can it isn’t cholent.
i have so much to say right now, but ill have to hold it in.
Ok, ilc, here’s my recipe. A bit cumbersome, not one of those “throw it all in a pot” recipes, but great success rate:
1) Saute 1 diced onion, 4-6 cloves garlic in 1 Tablsp oil, low flame, 10-20 minutes
2) Simmer 3/4 cup white rice in water with small pinch salt, 10-15 minutes. Strain, rinse with cold water
3) Simmer 1&1/4 cups brown rice as above, 25-30 minutes. Rinse, strain.
-Combine 1), 2), & 3), in crockpot
-Add 8 oz tomato sauce (I also put in 2-3 Tablsp ketchup, omit if you wish) and whatever meat or meat bones you like.
-Add your own spices, salt, bouillon cubes, seasonings, to your family’s taste.
-Cover with boiling water. Water should cover ingredients, but not go above them.
-Bring to a light simmer- in my crockpot i keep on high for a little while, then when contents simmering, switch to low; you”ll have to find the right settings on your own crockpot
-“purists” may dispense with tomato sauce all together and use only water
-Notice i do Not suggest which spices, but anything goes, from cumin to chili powder to turmeric to paprika to allspice (1/4 teasp of that is perfect to me)to whatever your family will enjoy
You might like 1/2 Tablesp brown sugar or honey. I do not.
According to my lor- put up at least 1 hour before zman, prefer more, so you are not going into Shabbat with raw meat/ food cooking. According to me- this is a great idea because it allows the last, essential step:
-Before candle lighting, have at least 2 family members taste & make suggestions re seasoning. Check if you need to add a bit of water.
(If family members suggest strange things like beer & coke, please inform them this is Not cholent, and your kitchen is not a dorm room.)
I used to have a neighbour who made a delicious Sephardic dish that involved chicken wings, dried apricots, ketchup, cinnamon, various mysterious ingredients & a crockpot. If anyone knows what I’m talking about, please post recipe.
Only on the CR could you have someone named Itche Srulik in an adafina dicussion.
If you want to be creative & carry the thought further, can you say (with apologies to Country Yossi) that the CR will make Mashiach come?
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