African Vegetable Stew

[Jacuma]

Ingredients
1 onion (very large), chopped
1 swiss chard bunch
1 can garbanzo beans (known also as chick, peas, ceci, etc.)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup rice, raw
2 yams
1 several fresh tomatoes (or large ca, n)
1 garlic clove (or more to taste)
1 salt and pepper, to taste
1 Tabasco sauce, to taste


Directions

Fry onion, garlic and white stems of chard until barely limp. Add
chopped greens and fry a bit.

Either peel the yams or scrub them well with a vegetable brush, then
slice them into thick slices. Add garbanzos, raisins, yams, tomatoes,
salt and pepper. Cook a couple of minutes.

Make a well in the center of the mixture in the pot. Put the rice in
the well and pat it down until it's wet. Cover and cook until rice is
done, about 25 minutes. Add Tabasco sauce to taste.