Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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.

19 comments:

  1. With those spices broad beans must be tasty.

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  2. looks delicious....love to try this someday!

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  3. Very tempting cury. I can understand with all that seasoning it could have tasted great.

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  4. Dear Prasu
    Excellent recipe, So new and innovative!!! I am sure the light aroma of flat beans will go very well with the sesame powder. The seasoning is very mild ( no methi or Fennel) and well thought of.
    Have a nice day ( midnight here :-)

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  5. yummy and delicious..i love these beans..

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  6. Never tried this veggie.... But now that I have had a look at it & have a recipe in hand, I will try...

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  7. LOoks very delicious, would try out some time.

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  8. I do broad beans poriyal but never tried adding sesame powder, delicious stir fry..

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  9. Delicious recipe..perfect with rice dear..adding sesame powder sounds interesting!!

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  10. Nice recipe with beans. Pic looks very tempting.

    Chitchat

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  11. I hv never tried cooking flat beans this way..next time will make this for sure

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  12. Using sesame in broad beans sounds so good,Like to eat with sambhar & curd rice

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  13. Nice recipe...Looks delicious.

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  14. What a nice way to add more flavor to the dish... I love the idea of using nuvvulu podi :-)

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