Turkish White Beans

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Turkish White Beans

 

1 oz. olive oil

1 large onion, coarsely chopped

11/2 large cinnamon sticks, broken

1 lb 5 ozs. cooked white beans or butter beans

1 1/2 tsps. salt

1/2 tsp. coarse black pepper

1 tsp. mild chilli powder

15 ozs. water

10 ozs. chopped, tinned tomatoes

6 cloves of garlic, coarsely chopped

1 tsp. sugar

juice of 1 lemon

2 ozs. flat leaf parsley, chopped

 

Heat the oil and lightly sauté the onions and cinnamon.

Add the beans, salt, black pepper, chilli powder and water. Bring to the boil.

Simmer for 15 minutes then add the tomatoes, garlic, sugar and lemon juice.

Simmer for a further 5 minutes.

Add the parsley before serving. Serves 6.