How to make Baked Beans at home...

I have always had canned baked beans and its just too sweet and artificial for my taste.

Since one fine day I was in experimenting mode, I decided to make my own version of baked beans of what I perceive it to be without referring to any site.

All you need is:

1 and 1/2 cups- Kidney beans (soaked 6-7 hours)
8-9- medium sized tomatoes
Salt to taste
3 and 1/3 tsp- Sugar
1/2 tsp- black pepper
1/2 tsp red chili powder
3 pc- clove
1 inch- cinnamon
1 pc- black cardamom
2 tsp- butter
1 cup- water

1. Pressure cook the beans for at least half hour and let it rest until the pressure is gone.
2. Grind tomatoes, heat a low bottomed pan, put butter and sugar until it nears caremalization.
3. Add the tomato paste, salt, pepper, red chili powder and stir well.
4. In a mortar pestle finely ground clove, cinnamon and cardamom to dust and add to the tomatoes.
5. Cover and cook on high flame after adding 1 cup of water.
6. Cook until the mixture is no longer raw and transfer this to a baking dish. To this add the cooked beans and mix well.
7. In a pre-heated oven cook this for 30 mins @ 190 degrees Celsius.

Its great with a dollop of butter and bread...

Enjoy! Foodie Out!!