Avaraikai (Broad Beans) Masala

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Broad Beans is known as Avaraikai in Tamil Nadu. Broad Beans is used to prepare Sambar, different Poriyals (dry, without gravy), Avial, Kootu. Here I have prepared  Broad Beans Masala.

Serves: 4

Cooking time: Approximately 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• Avaraikai (broad beans) – 250 gm
• Onion – 1 no
• Tomato – 2 no
• Green chilli – 2 no
• Garlic – 4 pods
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tea spoon
• Red chilli powder – 1 tea spoon
• Coriander powder – 2 tea spoon
• Salt – as per taste
• For seasoning
  • Mustard – ½ tea spoon
  • Black gram – ½ tea spoon
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tea spoon
  • Red chilli – 1 no
  • Oil – 2 tea spoon
  • Asafetida (hing) powder – pinch
  • Curry leaves – few

Method

Step 1

• Wash and chop broad beans, onion, tomato, green chilli, garlic and curry leaves finely.

Step 2

• Heat a pan with oil and do the seasoning with curry leaves.
• Add Chopped garlic, green chilli and fry well.
• Add chopped onions, salt; fry till onion becomes transparent.
• Add tomatoes, fry till it becomes soft.
• Add turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder and fry.
• Now add finely chopped broad beans; fry for 2 minutes and sprinkle handful of water; close with lid and cook for 10 minutes in low flame by stirring at short intervals; keep till done.

• Serve hot with rice or chapattis.

Tips

• Preparing Broad Beans has to be done carefully before chopping to remove waste. Click photograph on right.

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