Best Wild Garlic And White Bean Curry Recipes

VEGETARIAN BEAN CURRY

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This is a basic recipe that you can play with for seasonings and ingredients. My first batch was good, but since then I've experimented with more or less spice, other veggies like mushrooms, and meat. It's different every time I make it now. Serve over basmati rice with naan bread.

Provided by Michelle

Categories Main Dish Recipes Curries Vegetarian

Time 1h25m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large white onion, chopped
½ cup dry lentils
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1 (8 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
½ cup raisins
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat, and cook the onion until tender. Mix in the lentils and garlic, and season with curry powder, cumin, and cayenne pepper. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, and raisins. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low, and simmer at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 208.5 calories, Carbohydrate 35.9 g, Fat 4.7 g, Fiber 10.1 g, Protein 8.7 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 298.3 mg, Sugar 1.5 g

WILD GARLIC AND WHITE BEAN CURRY

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Wild Garlic and White Bean Curry Recipe

Provided by Skye Gyngell

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

2 cups (400g) podded fresh coco beans, or 1 cup (200g) dried cannellini beans, cooked (see above)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 red onions, peeled and finely sliced
1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
1 teaspoons fenugreek seeds
seeds from 5 cardamom pods
3 fresh red chiles (or more if you like heat), sliced (seeded if you prefer less heat)
12 fresh curry leaves
6 kaffir lime leaves
small handful of cilantro roots, washed and minced
4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
2 tablespoons jaggery juice of 2 limes
3 tablespoons fish sauce
2 x 12 ounce (340 g) cans good quality peeled plum tomatoes
generous 3/4 cup (200 ml) coconut milk
10 ounces (300 g) wild garlic leaves

Steps:

Have the beans ready podded, or cooked if using dried beans. Heat the oil in a large heavy pan over medium-low heat and sweat the onions until soft and translucent.
In a separate pan, warm all the spice seeds until they release their fragrance and just begin to jump in the pan. Tip into a mortar and grind with the pestle while still warm.
Add the warm ground spices to the softened onions along with the chiles, curry leaves, lime leaves, and minced cilantro root. Cook for another 5 minutes over fairly low heat, then add the crushed garlic, jaggery, lime juice, and fish sauce. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, stir well, and cook for another 10 minutes, then add the fresh or cooked dried beans and coconut milk. Cook gently for 10 to 15 minutes (or until the beans are tender if cooking fresh).
While the curry is cooking, wash the wild garlic very well, picking over each leaf thoroughly for they can carry little stones.
A couple of minutes before serving the curry, add the wild garlic and cook until it is just wilted and soft. Don't overcook it-wild garlic should be bright and vibrant. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. This curry should be soft, fragrant, gently sweet, sharp, and salty, with just enough heat to warm you...

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