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Thursday, September 8, 2011

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.

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