Curry de legumes com feijão

This is simple to make but full of flavour. The large chunky vegetables absorb the delicious spices and rich tomato sauce. Kidney beans add protein, folate, magnesium and the detoxifying trace element molybdenum. And it’s delicious!

Vegetable Curry

Ingredientes serve 2, as a hearty main course with brown rice

Vegetable oil

uma polegada de um (2 e um 1/2cm) pedaço de gengibre, picado

a stick of celery sliced

2 cenouras grandes, picado

uma cebola, fatiado

meia colher de chá de sementes de cominho seco

a teaspoon of dried coriander

one to two teaspoons of dried chillies

uma colher de chá de açafrão

sal e pimenta

3 dentes de alho, picado

uma batata grande, scrubbed and roughy chopped

um 400g (14 onça) lata de tomate

two tablespoons of tomato puree

um 400g (14 onça) lata de feijão

a big bunch of spinach, sliced and stalks removed (these will be added to the curry first)

a couple of handfuls of frozen peas

arroz para servir

Método

Put a dash of oil in a large lidded pan and add the ginger, followed by the celery, carrots and onion. Stir to coat

After about ten minutes when the onions begin to soften add the cumin, coentro, chillies and turmeric and some black pepper. Stir and add another dash of oil if necessary. Stir in the garlic. Add the potatoes and stir again to coat

Add just enough water to cover the carrots, tempere com sal, put the lid on and allow to simmer for about twenty minutes until the carrots have softened

Add the tomatoes and tomato puree, the kidney beans and the spinach stalks. Simmer for another five minutes and then add the peas and spinach for the last two. Serve with brown rice.

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