Green Beans/ String Beans Sabzi/Bhaji
“If all the ingredients in two recipes are same, but the taste differs based on shape of the cut vegetables” this was what on of our teachers had mentioned in one of the English classes while in middle school. And I was quick to agree to it because whenever mom prepared bhaji with eggplant vertically sliced, I used to love it rather than having it diced or cubed. It seems funny though !. And same with the green beans too. It even goes to the extent that the seasoning changes with the way the vegetables are cut. So with green beans, I prefer using green chilies and mustard if I have finely cut beans or else I use tomato and red chili powder if I just break them in three four parts.
Ok so here is the green beans bhaji that I prepared yesterday and is a good side or to have it with chapati. Try this version of the beans and you’ll will enjoy this dish with a little seasoning that makes this vegetable a wonderful dish! I prefer having it little crunchy and therefore I just sauté it and not overcook as it will become soggy.
Ingredients:
3 cups green beans, chopped
1/2 cup onions, chopped (optional)
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp green chilies, chopped
3 –4 curry leaves
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp grated coconut
pinch of turmeric
salt to taste
Preparation Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan or skillet
2.Add the mustard seeds, as they crackle, add onion, curry leaves, and green chilies and saute
3. Add the chopped beans and saute for couple of minutes.
4. Add in the turmeric, salt and fresh or frozen grated coconut and keep sautéing for 7 –10 minutes.(I like the beans to be crunchy in this type of recipe so I don’t prefer it cooking with lid covered)
5. Garnish with coconut and the serve as side or with chapati.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
22 comments:
So green & fresh...always love beans curry..made in this way..
love this beans is any for dear....we do the similare type with these deans.....i liked the clicks too.....keep rocking dear.
I totally agree with you when you say the way the food is cut affects the taste of the overall dish. I'm also really particular about the way something is cut in certain dishes... For example, I only ever half green beans and cut tofu in a flat rectangular shape for stir fries. It's really strange because I really don't know why I do it. Perhaps because I've eaten it somewhere and at some point in that certain way and it's just stuck in my mind that that's the way it SHOULD be. Lol, but of course it's all nonsense! :p
Anyways, I'll stop babbling now, lovely recipe. Green beans are one of my fave veggies and coconut is great in ANYTHING! :D Great job!
Oh wow!!! Nice pics..
beans looks so yummy and delicious!!
Love to gobble it up with some rice now dear..:)
hey all, thanks for the wonderful comments.@sanjana..what you say may be true..i had even gone to the extent of making two eggplant vegetables with all same ingredients except the way they are cut...
That looks delicious, and I don't usually like green beans! They squeak when you chew them and it drives me crazy! ;-) If they're cut up small like this, maybe they won't squeak?
@palidor..may be you would need them to be cooked till soft with lid closed
hey nice and crunchy green bean vegetable.I like green bean vegetable.We make similar type here but we do not use onion.I will used onions next time and see,m sure it will make it more tasty.
Looks so fresh and easy.....
Simple and delicious vegetable curry.
i too make in the same way but i dont add onions.looks very fresh and colourful.
I adore stir fried veggies and with some coconut its sure to be a winner :-)
Simple & A nice one...love such easy & simple recipes and lovely clicks too
My all time favourite...gorgeous click..
Nicely cut beans... It enhances the GUI n taste :)
How funny! This reminds me of how different shapes of pasta are served with different sauces. There is no real reason they should taste differently but we do it anyway.
I love the coconut on this! So delicious.
@Siddhi & Jeya..Even I sometimes don't add onions, sometimes I do.
@Sandhya... GUI for sure!!!taste will depend on individual..
stir fries are a hit all the time :) the simpler the better :) lovely pics.The colour is so bright and beautiful.
this really is simple food at its best
soo green...and yes the shape of cut veggies is very important..my granny always insist on this :-)
Totally with u, how u cut your veggies decides the spices for it....I never cook with coconut(that tells i'm from north india...ha..)but i think now is the time should try it sometime...
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