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Bellringers Beans

This is an English dish with Indian tendencies.
Serve with poppadoms and chutneys and maybe a rice if folks are hungry.

Ingredients

150 gm dry weight	Suma butter beans
100 ml	organic sunflower oil
5 ml	cumin seeds
1	large onion
100 gm	sesame seeds
15 ml	ground coriander
14 oz can	chopped tomatoes
to taste	salt and fresh ground FAIRTRADE black pepper
10 ml	FAIRTRADE raw cane sugar
5 ml	chili powder
5 ml	FAIRTRADE turmeric
	chopped fresh coriander to garnish
1	FAIRTRADE lemon
FAIRTRADE	Sources Fresh food Lemons Seeds Chili peppers Rice Pulses Herbs and Spices Sugar

Method

Preparation
Soak the dried beans overnight and cook the beans in the ususal way.
Skin the onion and chop fairly small.
Grind the sesame seeds either in a coffee grinder or with a pestle and mortar.
Measure out all of the other ingredients.
Quarter the lemon.
Cooking
Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the cumin seeds until they start to pop.
Add the onion and fry until translucent.
Add the ground sesame seeds and fry for 3 minutes approx.
Add the ground coriander and fry for a minute.
Stir in the tomatoes, salt, pepper, sugar, chili powder, and turmeric.
Mix well and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the beans and stir gently to ensure the beans are well coated.
To serve
Turn into a serving dish and sprinkle with fresh chopped green herbs to garnish.
Serve with condiments and a lemon quarter for squeezing.
Variations
Cheat, and open a can of pre-cooked beans.
If you are good with chili, use chopped fresh green chili and add to the onion.
For a little more aroma, add a chopped clove of garlic to the onion.