Batar daan recipe

A Timorese one-pot stew of pumpkin, corn and mung beans, eaten with rice and containing neither meat nor coconut milk.

13 hourseasy9 ingredients

Ingredients

• 450 g corn
• 900 g pumpkin
• 300 g mung beans
• 2 onions
• 8 clove garlic
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1000 ml water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper

How to make Batar daan

1. Soak 300 g of dried mung beans in cold water overnight, at least 10 hours.
2. Drain the beans, cover them with fresh water and boil 10 to 15 minutes, then drain again.
3. Peel 900 g of pumpkin and cut it into 3 cm cubes. Strip 450 g of corn kernels off the cobs.
4. Dice 2 onions and mince 8 garlic cloves, then cook them in 3 tablespoons of oil over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes until soft and golden.
5. Add the pumpkin, the beans, the corn and 1 litre of water, and bring to a boil.
6. Lower the heat and cook uncovered for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring now and then, until the pumpkin is tender and the liquid has reduced to a thick stew.
7. Crush a few cubes of pumpkin against the side of the pot to bind the stew, then season with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of pepper.
8. Serve hot with plain rice. No meat and no coconut milk go into batar da'an.

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