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Recipe of the week
smithy's roasted beetroot: low-fat, dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free and generally nutritious and virtuous. This one-dish wonder is delicious and uses up some seasonal beets. What's not to like?
Print recipe Curried baked beans from squareheadcut |
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Ingredients1 tin of baked beans1 onion 3 cloves of garlic 1cm cube of ginger spices - garam masala-3tsp, turmeric-1tsp, paprika-1tsp, salt to taste, cumin seeds-1tsp. fresh coriander optional |
Handy Hintmake sure spices are fried off |
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MethodPeel and chop the onion finely.Add oil to saucepan, add cumin seeds, add onion, let onion cook little. Add spices and fry a little, add the tin of beans. Let cook for fifteen minutes or so et voila - add chopped coriander and serve on bed of rice or with warmed pitta breads | |||||||||||||||||||
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