Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Long Beans and Green beans Stir-fry

This is one of the simplest combination beans stir-fry for everyday cooking. Very few ingredients and fresh beans brings true bean flavors and makes this stir-fry very tasty and nutritious.


Ingredients :
  • 1 1/2 Cup cut Long beans - duly cut into 1 Cm long pieces (slightly cut off both the ends)
  • 2 Cup cut green beans - duly cut into 1 Cm long pieces (slightly cut off both the ends)
  • 1 small size onion duly chopped.
  • 3 green chilies chopped.
  • 10-15 curry leaves.
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro.
  • 1 Tb.spoon oil.
Method Of cooking:
  1. Heat 1 Tb.spoon oil in medium size pan.
  2. Add 7-8 curry leaves as they sizzle wait for 15 seconds and add chopped onions. Stir-fry for 5-6 minutes on medium flames.
  3. Add 1 1/2 cups cut long green beans and little salt. Stir and mix with onions and curry leaves. Increase flames to high and stirrfry for 3-4 minutes by constantly stirring.
  4. Add 1/2 cup water. Reduce flames to medium and let it cook with closed lid for 3-4 minutes.
  5. Now add two cups cut green beans, chopped green chilies, remaining curry leaves and add little more salt. Stir all well and let it cook for 6-7 minutes on medium flames.
  6. Make sure that all water gets evaporated. Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro and serve with rice and roti.

1 comment:

jk said...

I like that plate itself and twist of raw beans.