Red Kidney Bean Curry: Your Favorite East-African Meal

Originates from the eastern parts of Africa from countries like Tanzania and Kenya where it's almost used as a staple food mostly eaten with rice and sometimes with Ugali (flour bread) which is another topic for another day.

Ingredients

• 1 can of red kidney beans.
• 1 whole cooking onion (yellow)
• 2 medium sized tomatoes
• 1 fresh lemon or lemon juice (2 tsp)
• 1.5 tea spoons of turmeric spice
• 1.5 teaspoons of red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 table spoon of sunflower oil (or your favorite oil - do not over heat olive or canola oil)

Preparation

1. Drain kidney beans from the can and rinse under cold water and put aside.
2. Chop onions and tomatoes to small size - approximately an inch
3. Heat oil on medium for about 3 minutes and add onions to fry in oil
4. When onions turn light golden or yellow add the tomatoes and your turmeric, chili and salt spices. Mix well and mash to create curry like paste. Let cook for 3-4 minutes
5. Add in your kidney beans and 2 cans of water. Stir in and let cook for about 5-7 minutes
6. Add lemon juice and let stand for 10 minutes

Enjoy your meal! It's full of fiber and protein.

Serves 3-4.

Tips

1. Substitute kidney beans with any other kind of favorite beans to create variations of curry
2. Substitute Beans with small cubes of chicken and instead of water add 1 cup of water and half a can of crushed tomatoes to make chicken curry.