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Broad Beans is known as Avarai in Tamil Nadu and is a commonly used vegetable in south India. Broad Beans is rich in fibre. Broad Beans is used to prepare Sambar, different Poriyals (dry, without gravy), Avial, Kootu. Here I have prepared Broad Beans Poriyal.
Serves: Six
Cooking time: approximately 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- Broad beans or Avarai – 250 gm
- Split green gram – 1/3 cup
- Oil – 1 tea spoon
- Salt – as per taste
- For grinding
- Coconut grated – 1/2 cup
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tea spoon
- Red chilli – 1 no
- Curry leaves – few
- For seasoning
- Mustard – 1/2 tea spoon
- Split black gram – 1/2 tea spoon
- Red chilli – 1 no
- Onion chopped – 1 no
- Curry leaves – few
- Asafetida – pinch
Method
Step 1
- Clean and chop broad beans finely and soak the green gram for 15 minutes (see the photograph below that shows how to prepare broad beans before chopping).
Step 2
- Dry grind the items given for grinding in a mixer.
- Heat a pan,add oil; do the seasoning; let it splutter well.
- Add chopped onions, fry till it turns to golden colour; add salt, chopped beans and soaked green gram.
- Splash handful of water; cover and cook till beans are soft and done.
- Add dry ground powder, mix well and cook for 1 more minute.
- Serve hot with Rice, Chappati, Paratha along with Sambar or Dal.
Tips:
- Preparing Broad Beans has to be done carefully before chopping to remove waste.
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