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1 1/3 cups small red beans (I’m sure red kidney beans would be
fine) 1 onion, peeled 1 carrot, peeled and coarsely chopped 1
celery stalk and coarsely chopped 5 pitted dried prunes 1/4 cup
balsamic vinegar 2 t tamarind concentrate 1 t Chinese chili and
garlic paste 3/4 t coriander seeds 1/4 t fenugreek 1/4 cup chopped
fresh cilantro Red onion rings for garnish
If not using a pressure cooker, soak beans overnight and drain.
Combine onion, celery, carrots, and beans in a soup pot.
Add enough
water to cover beans by 3 inches.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and
simmer till beans are tender but not mushy, approximately 55
minutes.
If using a pressure cooker and non-soaked beans, bring beans and
4 cups of water to high pressure for 1 minutes, remove from heat
and let sit for 10 minutes.
Open, drain beans.
Return beans to
pressure cooker, add onions, celery, carrot, and 4 cups fressh
water.
Bring to high pressure for 15 minutes.
Turn off heat, bring
pot to sink and run under cold water to reduce pressure.
Open and
check beans to see if they are fully cooked.
If not, simmer
uncovered until done.
Drain beans and remove onion, celery, and carrot.
Meanwhile, combine prunes and balsamic vinegar in nonreactive
pan and simmer for 15 minutes (don’t boil hard).
Remove prunes and
chop finely.
Add prunes back to vinegar.
Add tamarind concentrate
and chili-garlic paste to prune-vinegar mixture.
If working from whole fenugreek, grind in coffee grinder to
powder.
Lightly grind coriander seeds.
Add both to vinegar mixture.
Mix well.
Combine beans and vinegar mixture.
Chill for 2 hours.
When ready
to serve, mix in 1/4 cup cilantro and top with sliced red
onion.
Source:Please to the Table
NOTES: The official title to this recipe is “Red Beans with
Tamarind and Balsamic Vinegar”, but I call it “You’ve Got To Be
Kidding Beans”.
Here ’tis.
I give pressure cooker instructions (what I did,
although given it’s meant as a cold salad, overnight soaking + slow
simmering would help preserve the skins and make it more
presentable) as well as the original directions.
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