Chikkudukaya Nuvvula Podi Kura/ Indian Flat Beans with Sesame Powder

Ingredients:
1lb.Chikkudukayalu/Indian Flat Beans(cut to1''pieces), 1/4onion(roughly chopped), salt to taste, 2tsp.oil, 1/2tsp.mustard and jeera each, turmeric powder(little), 1/4tsp.channa dhal, 1 spring curry leaves.

• 4tsp.white sesame seeds
• 1/2tsp.bengal gram/chnna dal
• 1/2tsp.split black gram dal/urad dal
• 1/4tsp.cumin seeds
• 1/4tsp.coriander seeds
• 2-3 dried red chillis
• 2garlic cloves(crushed)
• salt to taste
• 1tbsp. oil

Add oil in a pan, roast all the above ingredients till they are golden yellow in color, do not burn them. Let them cool and grind them to a coarse powder.

Method:

Steam cook chikkudukaya pieces with salt, turmeric and very little water. Let them cool, squeeze out the excess water and keep it aside. In a pan heat 2tsp. oil, once it's hot add channa dal, mustard, jeera and curry leaves, once they start to splutter add chopped onion, fry till they are soft, then add cooked chikkudukayalu/Indian broad beans pieces, fry for 2min. Now add the nuvvula podi/sesame powder, mix well that all the beans gets well coated with the powder and continue to cook for a min., then remove from the flame and serve it with rice or roti.