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Jamaican stew peas with spinners
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Jamaican stew peas with spinners

Kidney beans slowly stewed with thyme and coconut, with little flour dumplings.

Time 45 min
EffortMedium
Per portionΒ£1.25
Calories822 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • Red kidney beans (tin)3 tins
  • Coconut milk (tin)1 tin
  • Brown onions150 g
  • Carrots200 g
  • Spring onions1 bunch
  • Self-raising flour150 g
  • Vegetable stock cubes1 cube
  • Basmati rice300 g

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, dried mixed herbs, chilli flakes. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Gluten, Celery.

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Nutrition per adult portion
822
calories
25g
protein
122g
carbs
25g
fat
16g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

  1. Chop the onion and carrot and slice the spring onions. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large pan over a medium heat and cook them for 5 minutes with a teaspoon of dried thyme or mixed herbs and a pinch of chilli flakes.150 g brown onions200 g carrots1 bunch spring onions
  2. Add the kidney beans with the water from their tins, the coconut milk, the crumbled stock cube and 200 ml of water. Simmer for 20 minutes.3 tins red kidney beans1 tin coconut milk1 cube
  3. For the dumplings, mix the self-raising flour with a pinch of salt and 5 to 6 tablespoons of water to make a stiff dough. Roll into small finger shapes, drop into the stew and cook for 10 minutes.150 g self-raising flour
  4. Meanwhile, cook the rice following the pack instructions. Serve the stew over the rice.300 g basmati rice
The trick that makes it

A whole chilli dropped in whole (and fished out later) gives flavour without the heat.

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