Curried Red Beans

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 leave
• 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.