Beans Poriyal Recipe aka Indian green bean gets cooked easily, blends well with the ingredients added to it. This is the very basic and common recipe in Southern India. And an everyday simple menu. Beans are the must in the shopping list after onion and tomato.
This is the very basic south Indian beans poriyal recipe. Green Bean Stir Fry is a simple everyday delicious dish. Beans are the must in the shopping list after onion and tomato. Like the potato, this green vegetable also goes very well with any variety of rice like Tomato rice, Lemon rice, Sambar, Rasam, Tamarind kuzhambu, Vatha Kuzhambu. It gets cooked easily, blends well with the ingredients added to it.
What is Beans Poriyal?
Poriyal is a Tamil word, means mildly seasoned vegetable dishes. Usually, the vegetables cooked, seasoned with mustard seeds and garnished with grated coconut.
Beans are the common word refers to the green beans or string beans. This Indian green bean recipe is one of the authentic recipes which usually served in the functions and marriages.
How does this green bean poriyal tastes like?
This is a simple and straightforward recipe and tastes simple as well. You could taste the green bean’s natural taste and flavor with a hint of mustard seeds flavor.
What and how to serve?
This South Indian beans poriyal is best to serve as a side dish. Because of its subtle taste, it tastes great when served with Sambar and rasam.
South Indian meals, consists of rice, and multiple side dishes. This poriyal is one of the side dishes to serve with other food like varuval, kootu, pachadi, etc.
It is a feast menu if we have this beans poriyal as the side dish along with another fry, and a curry.
Green Bean Stir Fry-Beans Poriyal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Green Beans chpped
- 1 tbsp Grated Coconut
- 1 tbsp Onion Chopped
- 1/2 tsp Salt or as required
- Ingredients For Seasoning:
- 1 tsp Black Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Skinless Black Gram / Urad Dal
- 2 Red Chili
- 8 Leaves Curry Leaves
- 1 tbp Cooking Oil
Instructions
- Chop beans, onion to fine pieces.
- In a pan add 1 tsp of oil for tempering mustard, skinless black gram. Wait till it gets splutter.
- Then add chopped onion, red chili, curry leaves, Saute them till, onion turns pink. Add 1/4 cup water and bring it to the boil.
- Once the water started boiling add chopped beans. This makes the beans to retain its green color. Add salt. Cook it on medium to high flame till the water gets evaporated. Bring it to simmer for another 3-5 min and allow it to get firmer, soft and tender. Make sure it should not be either dry or too moist.
- Now it's the time to add grated coconut,a and saute it for another 1 min. Turn off the heat and transfer beans poriyal to the serving bowl.
Nutrition
Serving Suggestions:
Serve along with South Indian rice verities.
Tips and Variations:
1. Add cooked Bengal gram or cooked moong dal at the end for the variations.
Do not forget to look into another interesting side dish recipe for Rice, Sepankilangu Fry.
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