Beans Vellai Porial/ Beans Curry

 

Beans are rich in Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and dietary fibre. Recently researchers have found that beans possess excellent anti-oxidant capacity.

This simple curry is very easy to make in a very short time.  Kids would love to eat. 
 

Ingredients:

Beans – 250 gms

Green Chilli – 1(slit into half)

Grated Coconut – 2 tsp. (optional)
 

Tempering:

Curry Leaves – few

Mustard Seeds – ¼ tsp.

Urad Dhal – ¼ tsp.

Zeera/cumin seeds – ½ tsp.

Final Addition:

Poriyal Podi – 1 tsp. (according to taste you can add more or less)

You can find the recipe for Porial podi,  under the label Podi Varieties.
 

 

 

 

Method:

Wash and slice the beans into small rings.

Heat the pan with 1 tbs. of oil, after it gets heated add the mustard seeds, once they splutter, add urad dhal, followed by jeera, chilli and curry leaves.

After a minute, add beans. Cook for few minutes, add necessary salt. Cook until soft, it might take 7 to 10 minutes. Toss the grated coconut, stir well. Switch off the stove and mix the porial podi. Serve hot with rice and ghee/sambar/puzhi kozhambu.