| 1 | The north american indians made patties of black beans and cornmeal, cooking them over campfires. |
| 2 | Brown rice has been added to give them more substance, though the native americans on the plains would have used wild rice. |
| 3 | For a main dish, you can make or buy a mushroom gravy to serve over the patties, serving with a green vegetable and salad. |
| 4 | Uncooked patties can be wrapped in wax paper and frozen, then for a quick meal you can defrost and fry or grill. |
| 5 | This is a nice way to use up leftover rice or beans, but you can also cook some for the occasion. |
| 6 | For breakfast, you can serve with warm maple syrup. |
| 7 | Cool the beans and rice, if you have just cooked them. |
| 8 | Combine all the ingredients well. |
| 9 | Add more cornmeal as needed to form a stiff dough. |
| 10 | Form into patties. |
| 11 | Add corn oil to a frying pan and fry, or grill over charcoal. |
| 12 | Cooking black beans: put 1 cup dry black beans in 3 cups water and store overnight (a quart canning jar works well for this). |
| 13 | Bring to a boil in fresh water and simmer around 40 minutes. |
| 14 | Cooking brown rice: place 1 cup brown rice in 2 ?cups water. |
| 15 | Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until water has disappeared, about 35 minutes. |
| 16 | Let the rice rest with cover on an additional 10 minutes |
