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Butter Bean and Coconut Curry

Name: Butter Bean and Coconut Curry
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: One and a half tins, drained (350 g) Butter beans, tinned and drained; 250 g Reduced-fat coconut milk, tinned; 150 g Passata; 150 g Red pepper; 150 g Spinach; 1 tbsp (15 g) Indian curry paste; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; A thumb, grated Fresh ginger; Half a lime Lime juice; A handful, chopped Fresh coriander

Butter beans, red pepper and spinach in a light coconut sauce. A lighter bowl at 334 kcal that leaves dairy out.

Calories: 334kcal
Protein: 16g
Fat: 12g
Carbs: 40g

Per serving, makes 2. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

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None of the fourteen declared allergens is in the ingredient list as written.

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Butter Bean and Coconut Curry, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Butter Bean and Coconut Curry

Ingredients 1 to 6 for butter bean and coconut curry arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. One and a half tins, drained (350 g) Butter beans, tinned and drained (Drained weight.). 250 g Reduced-fat coconut milk, tinned. 150 g Passata. 150 g Red pepper. 150 g Spinach. 1 tbsp (15 g) Indian curry paste (The paste carries the oil, so none is added.)

Ingredients 7 to 10 for butter bean and coconut curry arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 7 to 10. 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic. A thumb, grated Fresh ginger. Half a lime Lime juice. A handful, chopped Fresh coriander

Butter Bean and Coconut Curry, preparation step 1: Fry the curry paste, garlic and ginger in a dry pan over a medium heat for a minute, until it smells toasted and starts to catch. — Step 1. Fry the curry paste, garlic and ginger in a dry pan over a medium heat for a minute, until it smells toasted and starts to catch.

Butter Bean and Coconut Curry, preparation step 2: Add the sliced pepper and the passata and cook for five minutes, then pour in the coconut milk and bring to a simmer. — Step 2. Add the sliced pepper and the passata and cook for five minutes, then pour in the coconut milk and bring to a simmer.

Butter Bean and Coconut Curry, preparation step 3: Tip in the beans and simmer for ten minutes until the sauce coats them. Stir in the spinach until it wilts. — Step 3. Tip in the beans and simmer for ten minutes until the sauce coats them. Stir in the spinach until it wilts.

The finished butter bean and coconut curry. — Step 4. Season, add the lime and the coriander, and eat from a bowl.

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Ingredients

Butter beans, tinned and drainedOne and a half tins, drained (350 g)
Drained weight.
Reduced-fat coconut milk, tinned250 g
Passata150 g
Red pepper150 g
Spinach150 g
Indian curry paste1 tbsp (15 g)
The paste carries the oil, so none is added.
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Fresh gingerA thumb, grated
Lime juiceHalf a lime
Fresh corianderA handful, chopped

Method

Fry the curry paste, garlic and ginger in a dry pan over a medium heat for a minute, until it smells toasted and starts to catch.
Add the sliced pepper and the passata and cook for five minutes, then pour in the coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
Tip in the beans and simmer for ten minutes until the sauce coats them. Stir in the spinach until it wilts.
Season, add the lime and the coriander, and eat from a bowl.

Worth knowing

Reduced-fat coconut milk is what keeps this under 350 kcal. The full-fat tin at the same 250 g adds about 120 kcal a serving.
Adding 150 g of cooked rice a serving takes it to around 530 kcal if a bowl of beans is not enough for the evening.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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