Comedian George Egg talks about his new book

"If there's any left it's amazing cold. It sets like a paté and is superb spread on toast," writes the comedian in his new cookbook. Here's a recipe...

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omedian Romesh Ranganathan was a welcome guest on The Snack Hacker [podcast], and he told me about going to university and his mum, Shanthi Ranganathan, inventing a simple baked bean curry that he could make in halls when she wasn't sending him food packages," shares comedian, cook and content creator George Egg, known as the Snack Hacker.

"He challenged me to invent something using the ubiquitous breakfast staple and I came up with this. Despite tasting very dal-like, the flavour of baked beans still pushes through in a reassuring way."

Ingredients

(Serves 4 as a side dish or 2 as a main)

2 x 400g tins of baked beans

3 slices fresh ginger (about the thickness of a pound coin)

1tsp turmeric powder

2 hot green finger chillies

50g ghee or butter (or a vegan equivalent)