Curried Fava Beans

Ingredients

• Onion

  raw

  1 cup, chopped or 160g

• Garlic

  raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Ginger root

  raw

  2 tbsp or 12g

• Olive oil

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Curry powder

  1 tbsp or 6g

• Cardamom

  ½ tsp, ground or 1g

• Cinnamon

  ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Yellow mustard

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Cayenne pepper

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Allspice

  ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Turmeric

  ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Paprika

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Carrots

  raw

  2 medium or 122g

• Water

  1 cup or 237g

• Fava beans

  mature seeds, cooked, boiled, salted

  1 cup or 170g

• Tomatoes

  red, raw

  ½ medium whole or 62g

• Green peas

  raw

  ¾ cup or 109g

• Coconut milk

  canned

  ¼ cup or 57g

• Coconut meat

  dried (desiccated), sweetened, flaked, packaged

  ¼ cup or 21g

• Salt

  table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Black pepper

  ground

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Pulse the onion, garlic, and ginger in the food processor until smooth.
2. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over low heat.
3. Add the onion/garlic/ginger purée, cover, and cook about five minutes to mellow the flavor, stirring occasionally.
4. Stir in the spices, then add carrots and water.
5. Cook, covered, for 20-30 minutes, until carrots are tender.
6. Add the fava beans, tomatoes, peas, coconut milk, coconut. Salt and pepper to taste.
7. Simmer another 10 minutes.
8. Serve alone or over ½ cup of brown rice, quinoa, or bulgar wheat.