Persian Kidney Beans

littlemafia's Note:

This is for the bean lovers!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 cups cooked kidney beans
• 1 onion
• 1 garlic
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• 1 dash cinnamon
• 1 lime , juice of
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 small chili pepper
• salt
• pepper

Directions:

1. Saute the chopped onion in oil. Add the garlic, cumin and cinnamon.
2. Add the lime juice, then the tomato paste and the water.
3. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add the beans and the chili pepper and simmer for another10 minutes.
5. It's done when it's quite dry,.
6. Serve stuffed into pita bread.

Reviews

[JeanSgt]

With the only fresh veggies in the house being onions and mixed baby kales, I had to whip up something fast. I already had this recipe set aside as one I wanted to try. We include fresh greens in most meals, so I added a couple handfuls of the baby kale just after I added the canned beans. We also love spices, so I doubled the cumin and added two hefty shakes of cinnamon. I used a teaspoon of red pepper flakes instead of a fresh chili, and used nearly a whole bulb of chopped garlic. We ate it on corn tortillas since we didn't have any pitas. I think it would be excellent on cornbread. We'll definitely be eating this again!

[UmmBinat]

I can imagine this would be really good in pita but we are gluten free. For us it was 4 stars over Rice Bil Shareyah (White Rice With Browned Fideo Noodles) eaten with baby arugula. I used canned kidney beans, cayenne powder instead of chili pepper, to taste, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, plus the rest. Made for Veggie Swap 31 ~ February 2011.

[cdserna86]

SO good! i made this to accompany a cactus dish that i made, and i fell in love with it. My husband, who such a picky eater and likes nothing with any spices that resemble middle-eastern/persian really really liked them, he had seconds and then leftovers for lunch. So good that i seriously have been eating it ALL WEEK. just wonderful