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Curried Red Beans

by Celeste Ryan-Turpin on July 11, 2020

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Red beans- are high in dietary fiber and healthy minerals which support digestive and cardiovascular health.

Daniel 1:12 - Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Ingredients

1 pound of boiled red beans

2 tbsp of coconut oil

¼ cup onion, minced

4 cloves of garlic, finely diced

1 tsp of ginger, grated

6 flavor peppers, minced

¼ cup of tomato, minced

¼ cup of pumpkin cut into small cubes

4 chadon beni /culantro leaves, minced

1 tsp of curry powder

1 cup of coconut milk

2 spice leaves

1/4 cup of tomato ketchup (optional)

½ cup of water

1 tbsp of sugar (optional)

Salt to taste

Directions

Preparation of the dried red beans:

Step 1: Place 1 pound of dried red beans in a bowl. Add 6 cups of water to the bowl. This can sit overnight.

Step 2: When ready to boil, drain the water used overnight and rinse beans. Then place the beans in a pot, add six cups of water to the pot, add two cloves of garlic and boil for one hour. If using a pressure cooker, the red beans may take 20 minutes to be cooked.

Step 3:

Stewing of Red beans:

Place your pot on medium heat, pour 2 tsp of coconut oil into pot,

Add 1 tsp of curry powder into the oil when hot, stir gently and let it simmer for 1 1/2minutes.

Place the chopped seasonings into the oil and curry mixture

Put in 1 tsp of grated ginger to the pot and a ¼ cup of water. Let simmer for two minutes on a medium heat

Then add the boiled red beans and stir gently

Add in the spice leaves

Add in the coconut milk mixture

After 5 minutes add in the pumpkin cubes

Add another ¼ cup of water to evenly saturate the red beans

Add 1tbsp of sugar (optional) stir in gently

Stir occasionally and let cook for 15 minutes max on medium heat

Add tomato ketchup at the end (optional) and salt to taste.

Your curried red beans dish is ready to serve.

Serves 6-8 persons.

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