Preperation

For the beans half 1.5 onions and crush 4 gloves of garlic. No need to dice it fine as it will soak and cook with the beans. For the sauce we'll need .5 an onion and 2 gloves of garlic. Again, these can be cut rough as they will go into blender.

Dice the remaining onion fine, it'll be used for cooking the beans later

Soaking & Cooking the Beans

Rinse the beans and put them in a pot to soak overnight.

The next morning rinse them and to a clean pot with water add half an onion, 4 gloves of garlic and cook for 1-1.5 hours. In an instapot you can soak them and cook for 15 or cook straight away for 20-25 minutes. You'll know the beans are tender if you can easily crush them.

Take out the onion, bay leave and garlic, then in a new pot with oil and add half an onion diced. Add salt and the black beans. Be sure to add in some of the water that is left from cooking the beans

Making the Tomato Sauce

To a blender add the crushed tomato, one onion, 2 gloves of garlic, .5 tsp of cumin, vegetable broth and stock. It should have a thickness in between broth and stock. Blend until everything is combined.

Cooking the Rice

Was the rice until the water runs clear, heat a pot with oil and saute the rice until it darkens. Add in the tomato sauce and add more water/broth if needed. Once added, mix all together and leave it to cook covered for 12-15 minutes.

Once done, take of the heat and let it steam for 10 minutes.