The mushrooms turn the rice a dark brown or black — thus the Haitian Creole name diri djondjon, or black mushroom rice, that some call the dish. Some people also add blue crabs, shrimp or lobster.

the Haitian dialect, the dish draws its name from the small djon-djon black mushrooms that are native to the island. Djon-djon rice is very popular in Haiti, and remains nostalgically so among ...

For many Haitian Americans, nothing beats a wild mushroom called djon-djon for a regular Sunday dinner staple, black mushroom rice. By Christina Morales For much of the year in Haiti, rain seeps ...

Sos pwa nwa is a stewy Haitian black bean sauce that combines beans ... Sos pwa nwa is most often eaten with white rice or mayi moulen, a thick and creamy cornmeal-based dish.