Potato and Butter Bean Curry

Name: Potato and Butter Bean Curry
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 14 oz (400 g) can butter beans or 8 oz (225 g) dried butter beans; 1 teaspoon sea salt; ½ teaspoon chilli; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; ½ teaspoon cumin; A small piece of ginger; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 tablespoons clarified butter; 6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

A curious pulse, the butter bean, rather under-regarded by food lovers and over-regarded by the school cooks of my childhood.

Ingredients

6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
2 tablespoons clarified butter
1 medium onion,

Side dish
November
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

If using dried butter beans soak them overnight and cook before adding to the potatoes.

Heat the butter and fry the onion gently. Add the ginger and spices and cook for a few minutes, then add the potatoes, together with 1 pint (570