This simple yet tasty meal is just one way to increase pulses in your diet. This is my eldest son’s favourite meal, which came as a bit of a surprise! For reducing pitta, use the leek rather than the garlic.
Ingredients
Method
- Soak pinto beans overnight, discard water. (You can do this without soaking the beans but it takes much longer to cook them and also not as good for you).
- Add pinto beans to saucepan, add water to cover beans by about 4 cm. Add bay leaves. Boil with well-fitting lid for about 1hr until beans are nice and soft. I use a pressure cooker which makes this part very easy, just put on low heat and leave for 45mins while doing something else. I usually do this at lunch time while I am doing other things around the kitchen you’re not tied to the kitchen just for the beans.
- In a separate frying pan/saucepan, heat ghee/oil, add garlic and ginger and fry for a minute or two. Add, tomatoes and salt. Cook for about 10mins, adding a little water if it gets too thick and dry. If using fresh spinach, you may want to blend this mixture (makes it more appealing for children).
- Add the spinach/tomato mix to the cooked beans, heat for a few more mins. Done.
- Serve with rice (I do brown rice so there is a full complement of protein in the meal).
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