Beans Curry - 4

Here is another receipe with beans. In order to make the kids eat veggies, we try all the tricks we know and some of them will work and some will not:-(. By the way this is the method my mom used to try with me when I was a kid.

Ingredients:-

1. Green Beans - 2 cups
2. Salt to taste
3. Toor dhall - 2 tbsp (cooked)
4. Fresh coconut
   
5. Oil - 1 tsp
6. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
7. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
8. Red chillies - 1
9. Asafoetida Powder - a pinch

First, Wash the raw beans and chop it into small pieces. Take a microwave safe vessel and put the beans in it and microwave it for 3 mts. first. Take it out and stir it and again keep it for 3 to 5 mts. Make sure beans is fully cooked. In the mean time, pressure cook toor dhall adding 1/2 tsp of turmeric to it. Drain it fully. Now take a pan, pre heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dhall and red chillies and fry it to golden brown. Add asafoetida powder in it and now add the cooked grean beans to it. Stir it once and add salt to it. Now add the cooked toor dhall and fresh coconut to it and mix everything well. Now Beans curry is ready to eat.
This curry is a wonderful side dish for Sambar rice, Rasam rice.

Beans curry - 3

Here is another recipe for beans.

Ingredients:-

1. Green Beans - 2 cups
2. Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
3. Carrot - 1 (optional)
   
4. Salt to taste
5. Oil - 1 tsp
6. coconut- 1 tbsp
   
7. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
8. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
9. Red chillies - 1
10. Asafoetida Powder - a pinch

First, Wash the raw beans and chop it into small pieces. Take a microwave safe vessel and put the beans in it and microwave it for 3 mts. first. Take it out and stir it and again keep it for 3 to 5 mts. Make sure beans is fully cooked. Wash and cut the carrot in the same size of beans. Some carrots will cook easily in microwave. Others need to cooked on stove top. Cook the carrots along with beans and keep it aside. Take a pan, pre heat the oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dhall and red chillies and asafoetida powder and stir it once. Now add the chopped onions to it and fry it to golden brown. Do not burn the onions. Now add beans + Carrot to it and add salt it. Stir it thoroughly. Sprinkle the coconut on top of it. Beans curry is ready to serve.

Beans Curry - 2

This is another way of making Beans curry. Here is the receipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Green Beans - 2 cups
2. Coconut - 1 tbsp
3. Green chillies - 2 (acc to taste)
   
4. Salt to taste
5. Oil - 1 tsp
6. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
7. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
8. Red chillies - 1
9. Asafoetida Powder - a pinch

First, Wash the raw beans and chop it into small pieces. Take a microwave safe vessel and put the beans in it and microwave it for 3 mts. first. Take it out and stir it and again keep it for 3 to 5 mts. Make sure beans is fully cooked. Now grind coconut and green chillies together. Do not add water while adding. Now take a pan, pre heat the oil, add mustard seeds when it splutters add urad dhall, red chillies andasafoetida powder and fry it to golden brown. Now add the beans to it. Stir it once and add salt, coconut+chillies mixture to beans and mix it thoroughly. Do not mash the beans. Try this and lemme know your comments

Beans Curry - 1

This is a common receipe which everyone of you know very well. Might be wondering, then why this receipe? Its for the beginners. When I was a new cook few years back, I used to spoil this curry every time, atleast for 10 or 20 times. But now I am doing good with this one. Here is the receipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Green Beans - 2 cups
2. Salt to taste
3. Oil - 1 tsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
5. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
6. Red chillies - 1
7. Asafoetida Powder - a pinch

First, Wash the raw beans and chop it into small pieces. Take a microwave safe vessel and put the beans in it and microwave it for 3 mts. first. Take it out and stir it and again keep it for 3 to 5 mts. Make sure beans is fully cooked. Now take a pan, pre heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dhall and red chillies and fry it to golden brown. Add asafoetida powder in it and now add the cooked grean beans to it. Stir it once and add salt to it. Mix it thoroughly and do not mash it. Turn off the stove. Now green beans curry is ready to serve.