Butter Beans in Sesame
From sitbynellie 15 years ago- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A rich, filling, spicy dish. This one's not for the dieter I'm afraid, but it's delicious. A vegetarian dish on its own, I fancy you could add diced raw chicken (browned) and a drop of chicken stock and cook 10-15 minutes longer if something more substantial is wanted, but the butter beans are pretty filling themselves and the sesame seeds give it an earthy richness.
Ingredients
- 4 fl. oz. oil shopping list
- 1 rounded teaspoon cumin seeds shopping list
- 1 large onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 4 oz. sesame seeds, finely ground shopping list
- 1 rounded teaspoon ground coriander shopping list
- 14 oz. can chopped tomatoes shopping list
- 2 level teaspoons salt shopping list
- 2 rounded teaspoons brown sugar shopping list
- 1 rounded teaspoon chilli powder or hot curry powder shopping list
- 1 rounded teaspoon turmeric shopping list
- 14 oz. can butter beans, drained shopping list
- A little melted butter (optional) shopping list
- Chopped coriander leaves shopping list
How to make it
- In a large frying pan, heat the oil.
- Add the cumin seeds and fry till they crackle.
- Add the onion and fry till soft and coloured a little - about 5 minutes.
- Add the ground sesame. Stir in well. Fry about 3 minutes.
- Add the ground coriander. Fry a further minute.
- Stir in the tomatoes (it will go a weird pink colour at this stage - don't worry).
- Stir in the salt, sugar, chilli or curry powder, and the turmeric.
- Mix well, and cook the sauce about 5 minutes.
- Add the butter beans and heat through.
- To finish, if liked a little richer, stir in a little melted butter.
- Sprinkle with chopped coriander to garnish.
The Rating
Reviewed by 11 people-
love butterbeans and these sound awsome high5 thanks
momo_55grandma in Mountianview loved it
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Sounds wonderful - I would never have thought of adding all these spices to beans, what a great idea! I'm glad to say they'll be less spicy this side of the pond, since American chili powder is MUCH milder (it just tastes kind of smoky). I found that...more
modelsmom in Worcester loved it
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~HELLO~
"5"FORK!!!!! for this delicious recipe~
I really like 'butter beans' ~ I look forward to
creating your 'bean dish' with all the lovely
spices very soon~
Thank-you for sharing~
~*~mjcmcook~*~mjcmcook in Beach City loved it
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