Spiced Butter Bean Curry

For convenience and heft, you can’t beat a butter/lima bean, and I would wholeheartedly recommend adding a couple of tins to your regular weekly shop. In any of my curry recipes that call for meat, you can happily substitute butter beans, which absorb flavours and juices so well and have the bonus of living dormant at the back of the storecupboard waiting to be called on. They are truly one of the most biddable, useful and hardworking ingredients in your kitchen. This dish is really tangy a