Beans thoran / Kerala style French beans thoran/ Beans stir fry with coconut

Beans thoran ( Beans stir fry with coconut)

Ingredients:

Beans chopped -3 cup
Salt to taste
Water - 1/4 cup
Coconut oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Dried ed chili - 2 Nos
Curry leaves

For grinding:

grated coconut - 1 cup
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Shallots - 5 nos
Green chili (Big) - 1 nos
Garlic petals (optional) - 2 nos

Instructions:

1. Rinse the beans in a couple of times in water and drain water.
Chopped the beans finely.
2. Heat a heavy bottom pan or kadai . Add coconut oil
3 . When oil heats up add mustard seeds. When it start spluttering, add dried red chili and curry leaves. Saute it for few seconds then add chopped beans and mix well. Saute it for 2 minutes.
4. Cover and cook on low heat . Stir in between . add 1/4 cup of water to prevent burning. Add salt to taste.
5. Into a mixer grinder, add grated coconut, cumin, shallots,garlic, green chili and curry leaves and blend / pulse without any water to make a coarse mixture.
5. Check after 3 to 4 minutes. If water dries up sprinkle water and stir . When the beans almost cooked add the coconut mixture and mix well. Cover and cook until the beans cooked completely.

Notes:
1. Saute the vegetable in oil for 2 to3 minutes before adding water so that it remains its texture and bright color.
2. Sprinkle some coconut oil and curry leaves after the cooking process over. This will enhance the flavor of thoran.

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