Greek-style casserole with courgette dumplings
By:
Jules Mercer
Former acting food editor, delicious.
- Published: 19 Oct 20
- Updated: 26 May 25
This family-friendly Greek-style casserole uses up the best of your store cupboard. The dumplings on top are incredibly versatile and the stew can be made using any tinned beans you like – butterbeans would work especially well.
If you like your courgette dumplings a little spicier, try this courgette kofta curry.
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Serves 4
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Hands-on time 15 min, oven time 15 min
Before you start
The dumplings are cooked in the steam from this dish, so it’s important that they aren’t rolled too big – aim for walnut-size.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 red peppers, deseeded and chopped
- 400g tin black-eyed beans, rinsed and drained (see Tips)
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 150g sugar snap peas
- Small handful dill, chopped, to garnish
For the dumplings
- 110g self-raising flour
- 1 medium courgette (200g), grated
- 140g feta, crumbled (vegetarian, if needs be)
Method
- Heat the oil in a casserole and fry the onion for about 8 minutes until softening. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the cinnamon and peppers and cook for 5 minutes more.
- Tip in the beans and chopped tomatoes, then rinse the tomato tin with 150ml water and stir into the beans. Season. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer.
- Meanwhile, mix the flour, courgette, feta and some seasoning in a large mixing bowl. Add a few tablespoons of water and use your hands to bring the mixture together so the courgette releases its own juice. Roll the dough into walnut- size balls (around 9-12), then set aside.
- Add the sugar snaps to the stew, arrange the dumplings on top, then cover with a lid or a sheet of foil and cook for 15 minutes until the dumplings have risen and are cooked through. Sprinkle with dill and serve.
- Recipe from October 2020 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 438kcals
- Fat
- 19.5g fat (6.7g saturated)
- Protein
- 17.1g
- Carbohydrates
- 44.3g (12.2g sugars)
- Fibre
- 8.4g fibre
- Salt
- 1.2g
delicious. tips
Use any tinned beans you like for this – butterbeans would work especially well.
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Vegetables were good, I cooked the dumplings , following exact measured ingredients for 15 minutes as required, the dumplings were raw! dumplings were cooked for a further 15 minutes and were still barely cooked. Very disappointing.
I’m sorry to hear this recipe wasn’t a success. Our food team advise that the dumplings are cooked using the steam from the dish, so it’s important that they aren’t rolled too big (walnut-size). Thank you for letting us know that the cooking time wasn’t accurate for you so we can take another look at the recipe.