Butter Beans with Carrots & Yoghurt

Name: Butter Beans with Carrots & Yoghurt
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 x 400 g (14 oz) tin butter beans; Large handful of fresh chives; Small handful of fresh coriander (cilantro); Small handful of fresh coriander (cilantro); 1 green chilli, or to taste; 340 g (11¾ oz) frozen sliced carrots; 2 tbsp ghee or oil; 2 tbsp ghee or oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp ginger paste; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp ground turmeric; Chilli powder, to taste; 2 tbsp natural yoghurt; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ground coriander; Fine sea salt, to taste; 1 tsp mango powder or juice of ½ a lemon; 1 tsp mango powder or juice of ½ a lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

15-Minute Indian

By Anjula Devi

Published 2025

About

It was very difficult trying to explain to Dad that these beans don’t contain butter!

Ingredients

1 x 400 g (14 oz) tin butter beans
Large handful of fresh chives</

Asia
India
Stew
Vegetarian

Method

Fill and boil the kettle.
Drain and rinse the butter beans.
Chop the fresh chives and coriander.
Slit the green chilli lengthways.
Place a wok on a high heat, then add the following ingredients in this order: 150ml (5fl oz/scant ⅔ cup) hot kettle water, carrots, ghee or oil, cumin seeds, garlic paste, ginger paste, green chilli, to