Kidney Beans with Ground Turkey
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Ingredients
  • 2 Big Onions sliced fine
  • 1 cup ground turkey
  • 1 cup kidney beans
  • 2 tbsp. tomato paste (or puree)
  • 1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper (red chili powder)
  • 2" stick cinnamon
  • 2 cardamom pods whole
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 Thai green chilies or 2 jalapeno
  • ½ cup coriander leaves for garnish
  • 2 tbsp oil
Optional:
  • 2 tsp chana masala
  • 1 tsp meat masala (I use MDH brand)
Instructions
Divide all spices into two equal parts - 1 part for beans, the other for ground meat.
Beans
  1. Soak the beans overnight and boil them with 1 tsp salt and enough water till they are soft. Alternatively, you can use canned kidney beans too.
  2. Heat oil in a deep pan (that has a lid), and fry half of onions.
  3. Add ½ tbsp ginger garlic paste and 1 green chili
  4. Now add half of each of these spices: cumin, coriander, cayenne, chana masala and meat masala.
  5. Stir for a minute, then add tomato paste.
  6. Stir in the beans and cook for 5 minutes till oil starts leaving sides.
  7. Transfer to a dish, clean the pan and get ready to cook the meat.
Ground turkey
  1. Heat oil and add onions.
  2. When they start turning golden, add meat.
  3. Repeat step 3 to 5 from above.
  4. Stir and fry the meat till nicely browned.
  5. Add 1 cup of water.
  6. Cook till the meat is fully cooked.
  7. Add back the kidney beans.
  8. Stir both of them together on high flame for 30 seconds.
  9. Add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf.
  10. Lower the flame, and cover.
  11. Cook on the sim for 10 minutes. Add a little water if needed.
  12. Uncover, and check the gravy. It should show oil leaving sides.
  13. Pop in rest of the green chilies.
  14. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes
Serve rolled in a tortilla, with rice, naan or bread. We had it with wheat roti.
Recipe by The Lady 8 Home at https://www.thelady8home.com/kidney-beans-with-ground-turkey-in-thick-gravy/