Monday 19 January 2009

Baked Beans Curry

This is a dish you Brit's can relate to. When presented with a tin of baked beans in Algeria by a good oldie Irish friend and i told her what i shall make with them to savour the tin as they are like gold out there for the Brit's of course. She told me it was like a crime.i reminded her my pallet was not so bland and i will enjoy them more this way.

The history of this dish goes for me anyhow.......one of the few memories i have of my daddy. Both of my parents worked full time when i was growing up. Dad worked nights and mum days some days when mum had not been super organised and left lunch or tea to be heated up by daddy for us. He would some times whip this up and it tasted great, he would roll out the biggest chapatti's you ever saw that only half would fill you up.
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It's so quick and easy
sweat some onions cut into slices.......add some chopped fresh chili............add the tin of beans ........add the powdered spices salt, garm masla and cumin. Mix well. Add some chopped coriander and mint.serve with freshly made chapatti's.
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7 comments:

Ines said...

Those are the only kind of baked beans I could eat.Mashallah quick and very taste I bet. I could never get used to baked beans. Love you britts :lol: nothing personal.

Fruitful Fusion said...

Assalaamu Alaykum,

My Dad used to make us Baked Beans Curry too! It must be a "Dad" thing! :)

Rainbow In The Grey Sky said...

Aslamu alakum Umm Hibaat must be a desi daddy thing loool for me its a specail memory as i only have a few of my daddy.

Aslamu alkum Ines
Give it a go hun.........i like beans plan but with the English breakie thing.halal sasauges,eggs, mushrooms, grilled tom's no fried bread but i like toast.
If i have beans on toast rarely alone i normally mix it with a tin of sapgetti in tomato sauce and a knob of butter and on buttered toast yum. This is the defo Brit in me.

Anonymous said...

AsSalaam Alaikum

You are a wicked, wicked woman, teasing us brits in Algeria like that!!!!!!

Happy Muslim Mama said...

Assalam-alaikam,

I have never seen this before (although a friend has baked beans and onions), It does look good. I'd still eat mine with chips though.

Anonymous said...

Assalaamu alaikum,

Yum... great idea for zazzing up baked beans. When baked beans were really cheap in the UK... remember the baked bean wars when the supermarkets sold them for 3p a tin?... dh used to make Algerian loobia using them.\ Very versatile and satisfying! Can't believe you don't like them Ines! Umm Ibrahim

Rainbow In The Grey Sky said...

Aslamu alakum Stranger nice to see you in cyber space again, hope all is well?
3p a tin can't recall but i never was too keen on the Lubia dish never made it really but with a tin of beans handy , rinse of the red sauce hummm makes easy cooking i think. Ines you don't like?

Happy Muslim mumma me too like em with chips.

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