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Spicy sausage and beans

Spicy sausage and beans curry that's vibrant, boldly spicy, healthy, and easy recipe to make. Read about my version of this family favorite
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Servings: 8
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Sri lankan american
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups red kidney beans pre boiled
  • 2 1/2 tbsp red curry seasoning powder
  • 3 dry Kashmiri red chili
  • 1 dry cayenne chili pepper optional
  • 1 can diced tomato alternatively, 3 or 4 diced red tomatoes
  • 2- inch piece of lemongrass
  • 1 medium red onion
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 smoked sausage of your choice chorizo, andouille, kielbasa
  • 5 curry leaves
  • 2- inch piece of ginger
  • 1 spicy green chili pepper optional
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup water or stock

Method
 

  1. Roughly chop peppers, onion sausage and tomatoes separately. (If using whole tomatoes). Slice ginger, garlic, curry leaves and green chilies. Set it aside.
  2. Crush whole dry Kashmiri chili and cayenne pepper. measure out red curry powder and salt. Set it aside.
  3. Soak the beans overnight, boil for an hour and drain them. Do not add salt while boiling.
  4. Heat oil in a shallow saucepan and fry diced sausage for couple of minutes until the oil starts releasing.
  5. Add onions and fry until soft and translucent, followed by peppers. Add lemongrass, minced ginger, garlic, green chili, and the lemongrass. fry for another minute or two mixing. (If you are using whole tomatoes add them at this step.
  6. Once the ingredient in the saucepan is well mixed add red curry powder, crushed peppers, and a pinch of salt followed by beans. Toss everything around to mix well. Do not add more than a couple of pinches of salt here because red curry powder and sausage has some salt in them as well. you can always adjust the seasoning at the end.
  7. If you are using canned diced tomatoes add the tomatoes and water to the pan at this point and mix thoroughly.
  8. Cover and cook for 40 to 45 minutes until flavors are well blended, sauce is reduced to a thick consistency and vegetables become very soft. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  9. Enjoy with your favorite eggs, over rice or breakfast biscuits or on its own,

Notes

Notes: 
Cut each vegetable and herb separately and keep them separate until it's time to cook. It's better to add vegetables according to their cooking time. 
Be mindful when adding salt. Sausages have some salt in them and if you are using premixed red curry powder any other than my version of red curry powder from the blog, they might contain salt as well. (You can totally use red curry powder or chili powder based premixed Cajun seasoning to make this curry. It will be different in taste, but still delicious).