Vegetarian Receipe With Green Beans For Good Health

A delicious accompaniment to almost any Indian meal, this Kerala classic can be prepared with French beans, stringless beans, the oriental asparagus bean known as lobhia, or in fact almost any kind of firm vegetable cut into small pieces. Adjust the amount of chili to your personal preference. The original recipe called for 5 tablespoons vegetable oil, but this can be easily cut down. Use coconut oil, if you wish, to be authentic. For your convenience, this dish can be cooked ahead, and heated gently at the time of serving.

Ingredients for Green Beans With Coconut

1.     1/2 kg thin green beans
2.     1 medium onion coarsely chopped
3.     2 green chillies
4.     4 cloves garlic
5.     75 gm fresh grated coconut
6.     1 tsp ground cumin seeds
7.     1/4 tsp turmeric
8.     3-4 tsp vegetable oil
9.     2 Tbsp uncooked rice
10.     1 Tbsp skinned urad dal
11.     10-12 curry leaves
12.     1 whole, dried red chilli
13.     Salt
14.     2 diced tomatoes

Steep To Prepare Green Beans With Coconut

1. Cut the beans into 1/4 roundels.
2. Make a coarse paste of onions, green chillies, garlic, coconut, cumin and turmeric.
3. Heat the oil and add mustard seeds, rice, dal.
4. Allow the dal and rice to color before adding the curry leaves and red chillies.
5. Add the beans and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
6. Put the beans onto a banana leaf and spoon over the coarsely ground spices.
7. Add some tomatoes.
8. Season well.
9. Shape a packet out of the banana leaf and tie it with a string.
10. Preheat the oven to 180 degree C and bake for 20 minutes.
11. Mix well after opening the parcel and serve hot.

Source: COOKM