Help! How to cook beans?

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:40:41 -0800, Cynthia P wrote:


I did find a recipe or two for a red kidney bean curry... that might
be tomorrows project with the mushy beans. That or making a bean dip.

Could have been worse... I had no foaming troubles, no exploding
beans, no exploding pot, LOL!


Well! I just finished making a quadruple recipe of Rajma (red kidney
bean curry) and it is quite tasty!

This is the recipe I found:

http://www.sailusfood.com/2006/01/24...th-cumin-rice/

I did not have ghee, I used canola oil (I did not quadruple that... my
new electric wok is non-stick, so no need.) I used my food processor
to do the onion/garlic/ginger paste and to chop the tomatoes and that
worked well.

Oh, as I'd forgotten to save the bean juice from cooking my beans, I
substituted a cup of chicken broth instead and used only a half cup of
water at the end of the recipe. The recipe seems a flexible sort... at
least it survived my preparation.

I think it should make a fine side dish with some grilled chicken and
vegetables. I'm munching a half cup, but the rest will freeze as soon
as it is cool enough. My quadruple recipe made about 8 cups. And I
still have beans left over!


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Cynthia
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On 28 Apr 2007 11:54:26 -0700, Doug Freyburger wrote:



I have cooked beans in a crockpot but not a pressure cooker.
I have done either over night soak or bring to boil but not
both and either method worked fine. My best guess is the
same applies to pressure cooker use - Either/or over night
soak or bring to a boil first.


Yeah, that might be the next thing, to try a different soaking method.
Though the pressure cooker cookbook did list both methods.




Bean soup by diluting them thin. Bean paste thickness and
use them as a dip (blend in some fresh green herbs, cool
over night for the flavor to marry in, should be great). Use
as a thickening agent in a stew.


Yeah, I was thinking bean dip and fresh veggies as a possibility. I've
still got leftovers, even quadrupling the kidney bean curry recipe
didn't use them all up. Who knew 2.5 cups of dry beans could swell
like that, LOL?!


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Cynthia
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