Beans Porial

Ingredients

• • French bean - ¼ kg
• • Oil (for frying) - as required
• • Salt - as required

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Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Urad dal - 1 teaspoon

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Ingredients For Pounding Coarsely

• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 1 ½ tablespoons
• • Green chillies - 2

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Method

• 1. Wash the beans, cut ends and remove side fibers.
• 2. Chop into fine pieces and steam in pressure cooker.
• 3. Heat oil in a frying pan, add seasonings and then cooked beans.
• 4. Fry well for few minutes, add pound mixture and salt.
• 5. Mix gently and remove from fire.

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Note

• • If you are cooking directly in pan, fry chopped vegetable for few minutes, sprinkle water and cook till soft.
• • For beans alone add ¼ teaspoon sugar to prevent colour change·of vegetable.
• • Do not close with lid.

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Note - Other Suggested Vegetables

• • Carrot, Snake gourd, Broad beans, Banana stem, etc.

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Variations

• • Carrot and peas curry: Cook green peas separately. Drain off water, grate carrots. Follow the above procedure.
• • After frying carrots in oil, sprinkle little water, close with lid and cook till done.
• • Add peas, pound mixture, salt and mix well.
• • Squeeze lemon just before removing from fire.