Green Beans Fry / Beans Poriyal

The combination of green beans and coconut makes an excellent proiyal. Very healthy and very easy to make. Goes extremely well with sambar rice or rasam rice.

Ingredients:

• Chopped Green Beans - 2 cups
• Grated coconut - 4 tbsp
• Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
• Red Whole Chillies - 1 or 2
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Hing - 2 pinches
• Cooking oil - 1 tbsp
• Curry Leaves - 1 spring
• Salt -to taste

Directions :

• Heat oil in a pan, let mustard seeds splutter.
• Add urad dal, and saute till they turn reddish.
• Add hing, curry leaves, red chillies.
• Add finely chopped green beans and salt. Mix well.
• Add just a couple of tbsp of water and cook covered on medium.
• Keep stirring in between and sprinkle few drops of water if the curry is sticking to the bottom.
• When the beans are tender, add grated fresh coconut or coconut powder. Toss well and cook uncovered for another 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat.
• Serve with rice and rasam or sambar or dal.

Variation : You can add finely chopped onions and ginger garlic to the curry to make it spicy.