Indian Butter Bean Curry Recipe
Vegan butter bean curry featuring canned lima beans in a richly spiced tomato-based gravy is the perfect meat-free spicy treat to serve as a main or a side.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 374kcal
Ingredients
- 350 g Cooked/Tinned Butter Beans 1¾ Cup
- 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
- 2 Green Chilli Peppers
- 12 Curry Leaves
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- 4 Green Cardamom Pods
- 1 teaspoon Brown Mustard Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Ajwain Seeds
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 1 Small Onion 75g
- 1 teaspoon Mashed Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Grated Ginger
- ½ teaspoon Ground Coriander
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Ground Turmeric
- 375 ml Tomato Passata 1½ Cups
- 1 tablespoon Dried Fenugreek Leaves
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- 75 ml Water ⅓ Cup
- 100 g Baby Spinach 3 Cups
Instructions
- Split the green chillies in half lengthways.
- Cut the onion into a rough 1.5cm (½") dice.
- Crush the cardamom pods gently with the side of a knife.
- Heat an 8" or 20cm saucepan over a medium heat and when it is at temperature, add the vegetable oil, the slit chillies and curry leaves and stir for 15 seconds.
- Add the asafoetida, mustard seeds, ajwain seeds, cardamom pods and cinnamon stick and cook until the mustard seeds start to "pop and crackle".
- Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes to soften, if the onions start to colour reduce the heat.
- Add the mashed garlic and ginger and cook for another 60 seconds.
- Stir through the ground turmeric, chilli pepper, cumin and coriander.
- Pour in the tomato passata, salt, sugar and fenugreek leaves, then reduce the heat to low and stir to combine.
- Add the beans, stir again and cook for 5 minutes.
- Finally, add the spinach, pour over the water, add a lid and cook until wilted, which should take no longer than 3-4 minutes, then stir and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 684mg | Fiber: 19g | Sugar: 14g
