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Spring vegetable and butter bean stew with courgette dumplings
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Spring Vegetable and Butter Bean Stew with Courgette Dumplings

A lovely fresh vegetable packed stew with butter beans and fluffy courgette dumplings. It’s healthy and comforting at the same time. Just lovely.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Plant-based
Diet Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword Butter bean stew, Butter beans, Courgette, Courgette dumplings
Author Niki Webster

Ingredients

For the stew

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 red onion finely chopped
  • 3 garlic clove sliced
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp caraway
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 red peppers chopped
  • 2 courgettes chopped
  • 250 ml veg stock
  • 2 tbsp sun dried tomato paste
  • 230 g cooked butter beans
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • Black pepper
  • Chilli flakes
  • Handful dill and mint

For the dumplings

  • 135 g self-raising flour
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 small courgette grated
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 2 tbsp water

Instructions

To make the stew

  • Heat the oil in a large pan with a lid and fry the onion for about 8 minutes until softening.
  • Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the spices and fry for a further minute.
  • Now add the tomatoes, tomato paste, peppers and courgette and cook covered for 10 minutes.

To make the dumplings

  • Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl
  • Use your hands to squeeze and bring the mixture together to form a dough.
  • Roll the dough into balls - I made 8
  • Add the beans, salt, pepper and chilli to the stew.
  • Now add the dumplings, cover and cook for 15 minutes until they are expanded and fluffy.
  • Sprinkle with dill and mint to serve.

Notes

Serves 4-6