Date:    Fri, 11 Feb 94 16:37:42 GMT
From:    [email protected] (Kathy Jago - Sun CSIR)

Adapted from one by the late, great fruitbat.

All right, I admit I made a mistake cooking this as well as all the
other The maxim that 'serves 4' is in fact referring to a bunch of
anorexic sparrows and most humans prefer to eat more than a tablespoon
of something, doesn't always work. Can I interest anybody in a kilo of
nutty potatoes and a large bowl of Mahal Kidney Beans that even I am
too stuffed to eat? <mournful full meeping noise>

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                        - Mahal Kidney Beans -

-Ingredients-

15 oz (450g) tin kidney beans (or 6 oz dried beans, cooked)
1 onion
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
15 oz (450g) tin chopped tomatoes
3 (4) tbsp natural non-fat yoghurt (optional)
2 (3) tbsp chopped parsley
Salt and freshly ground pepper


-Method-

'Fry' the  onion and garlic and  gently for 5 minutes until the onion
is soft and lightly coloured. Add the ground cumin to the pan and stir
over low heat for a further 2 minutes.

Stir the tomatoes, beans, salt and pepper to taste into the pan. Continue
to cook the mixture over moderate heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally,
until the beans are heated through.

Remove the pan from the heat and add the yoghurt one tablespoon at a time,
mixing thoroughly after each addr 2 minutes.

Stir the tomatoes, beans, salt and pepper to taste into the pan. Continue
to cook the mixture over moderate heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally,
until the beans are heated through.

Remove the pan from the heat and add the yoghurt one tablespoon at a time,
mixing thoroughly after each addition. Heat through gently without allowing
the mixture to come to the boil.

Transfer the beans to a warmed serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Serve at once.