French beans Poriyal

French beans can be replaced with cluster beans.

Ingredients:

Beans - 100 gms
Coconut gratings - 2 tablespoon
Red Chillies - 2 Nos
Urad Dhal - 1 teaspoon
Jeera - 1/2 teaspoon
Asafotida powder - a pinch
Curry leaves - few
Oil - 1 teaspoon
Salt 1/2 teaspoon or as per taste

Method:

1. Cut the beans into two and then slit it lengthwise into four.
2. In a kadai put oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up add urad dhal, jeera, asafotida, red chillies broken into pieces along with curry leaves.
3. Fry till the urad dhal turns into light brown. Add cut beans and sprinkle a handful of water. Stir well and cover with lid.
4. Cook on low flame till the beans are soft. Add salt and coconut gratings and mix well. Keep it in the stove for few more minutes and remove.

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Beans Paruppu Usili

Ingredients:
Green string beans – 2 lb – chopped into small bits
channa dal - 1 cup (some use part toor dal and part channa dal
Salt to taste
Long Red chillies – 10
Asafoetida – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Oil – 2 tbsps
Turmeric – 1 tsp
Method:
Cook beans with salt and set aside. Soak the dhals together for about an hour and grind with red chillies, salt and asafoetida using little water. Steam the ground dhal paste using idli plates. Remove, cool and crumble.
In a big kadai or wok, heat a generous measure of oil. When heated, add mustard seeds and wait till the pop. Add the crumbled dhal paste and fry till golden brown and dry. When done, add the drained cooked beans and mix in. Cook on low heat for about five minutes when the curry comes together. Taste and add salt if necessary.

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