Friday, February 02, 2007

Beans Podi Curry

Ingredients:
Thuvar dhal 1/4 cup
Channa dhal 1/4 cup
Jeera 2 tbsp.
Urad dhal 1 tbsp.
Red chillies 4
Asafoetida(Hing) a small pinch
Mustard seeds 1/4 tbsp.
Curry leaves a few
Salt to taste
Cooking Oil 5 tbsp.
Beans - chopped 2 cups

Method:
Dry grind thuvar dhal, channa dhal, jeera,urad dhal and red chillies coarsely.Bring 1/2 cup of water to a boil, add salt, and mix the dhal mixture with this water. Cook this either in a pressure cooker or a microwave oven. Cook the chopped beans separately. Heat some oil in a pan, splutter mustard, then little bit of jeera,1/2 tbsp. urad dhal, hing, and curry leaves in oil, and add the dhal mixture to this. Keep stirring until the dhal becomes slightly dry. Now add the cooked vegetable, and keep stirring until everything mixes well.