Fresh French beans are really tasty and loaded with high fibre and nutrients. One of my twin daughters doesn’t like beans in any form and it is very tedious to make her eat this veggie. Whenever I want to cook this veggie, I surely reach out to this fool proof recipe of my mom, which is really simple with very minimal ingredients, at the same time, full of flavours of green chilli and onions. This Subzi tastes good with rice or roti.
Ingredients:
French beans – ½ kg
Onion – 1 or 2 (medium)
Green chillies – 2
Salt – as needed
Jaggery -as needed
Fresh grated coconut – 2 table spoons
Seasoning:
Coconut oil – 1 table spoon
Mustard – 1 tea spoon
Urad dal – 1 tea spoon
Cumin – ½ tea spoon
Curry leaves – 2 springs.
Method:
-Wash, remove fibre from both sides by breaking both the tops of French beans.
-Hold fistful of beans in your left hand and chop uniformly.
-Chop onions and green chilli.
-Take one thick kadai or wok, do seasoning. Heat oil, splutter mustard, add urad dal, cumin.
-When urad dal becomes red, add curry leaves, onion and green chillies and fry for a while until onion becomes transparent and glossy.
-Next add chopped beans, salt, jaggery and toss for two minutes.
-Add one cup of water, close the lid and cook this in a low fire.
-When water evaporates, if beans are yet to cook, add little extra water and cook further.
-When it is done, garnish with fresh coconut and mix this mixture. Cook further for 2 minutes and enjoy this super delicious, simple palya/ Subzi either with hot rice, Rasam or with chapati/Roti.