St. Lucian Spaghetti

Serves 4 people

At a lunch buffet in a villa in St. Lucia I tried two items together: spaghetti that was dressed with butter and (seemingly) curry powder, and lentils. The combination was delicious.

Beans

• 1 c dried black-eyed peas (soaked in 1 qt water overnight)
• 2 c beef stock
• 4 strips bacon (diced)
• 1/4 lb ham (diced)
• 1 small red onion (diced)
• 1 tsp cumin (ground)
• 2 tbsp cilantro (chopped)
• salt to taste

Spaghetti

• 1/2 box dried spaghetti (4 servings)
• 1 tbsp light olive oil
• 1 tbsp salted butter
• 2 tsp yellow curry powder