Tuesday, December 17, 2013

French Beans Patoli

Ingredients:

chopped beans - 1 cup
(cut into 1" pieces and boiled in salted water)
onion chopped - 1
Green chillis - 2, slit length wise
curry leaves - few
mustard seeds - 1 spoon
urad dal - 1 tspn
Cumin - 1 tspn
whole dry red chillis - 2
Ginger - 1" piece
channa dal - 1 cup, soaked in water for 2 hours
Turmeric - 1/3 tsp
Asafoetida - pinch
Oil - 1 tspn
salt
 
Directions:

Grind the soaked channa dal with ginger,dry red chillis,1/2 tsp cumin seeds and
salt to a coarse texture without adding water.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
Add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds,urad dal,asafoetida and curry leaves and fry for 10 seconds.
Now add the green chillis and onions and fry till transparent.
Add turmeric pwd.
Now add the boiled french beans and fry for 3 minutes.
Add the ground channa dal and mix well and cover and cook stirring once in a while for 12 minutes.
The Patoli should have a fry powder-like texture.
This goes very well with hot rice with ghee.

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