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    Home » By Ingredient » Vegetables » Beans

    Published: May 10, 2011 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Fenugreek Green Beans Stir Fry

    Couple of weeks ago, when Srivalli announced blogging marathon # 5, I was visiting my sister-in-law in California. She has a nice cookbooks collection and once I decided to take part in the marathon, I went through her (SIL) cook book collection for some recipe ideas. Fenugreek green beans stir fry caught my eye. The picture was very tempting and I took pictures of the recipe. Yesterday, I made this stir fry and we liked it. The recipe called for blanching the green beans and then, frying the beans and fenugreek in an onion masala paste for 5 minutes. I was little skeptical of the recipe because fenugreek is sautéed for only 5 minutes and was afraid the stir fry might be a little bitter. Fenugreek, if not coked well leaves a little bitter taste. I do use lot of fenugreek in my cooking that is when I am not lazy to pluck the leaves off the stem. However, I usually add it to my tempering so that it is sautéed well and does not give a bitter taste to the food. To my surprise, it did no such thing in this stir fry, although it is add at the end and sautéed only for five minutes!

    Fenugreek Green Beans Stir Fry, Methi green beans stir fry

    Total Time: 20 – 25 minutes
    Preparation: 10 minutes
    Cooking: 10 – 15 minutes
    Serves: 2-3

    Ingredients:

    • ½ lb. / 225 grams Green Beans
    • ½ bunch or ¾ cup loosely packed chopped Fenugreek Leaves
    • ⅓ cup chopped Coriander Leaves
    • 1 small Tomato
    • 1 small Onion
    • 1 tsp. Cumin Powder
    • 1 tsp. Coriander Powder
    • 1 tsp. Chili Powder
    • 1 tsp. Salt
    • Turmeric
    • 1 tsp. crushed Garlic
    • 1 tsp. Sesame Seeds
    • 1 ½ tbsps. Oil

    Preparation:

    • Pluck the fenugreek/methi leaves from the stem, wash and chop it. Chop the coriander and cut tomatoes to 10-12 pieces.
    • In a sauce pan, take some water and boil it to steam the green beans. The recipe called for blanching the beans but I steamed them instead.
    • Meantime, chop the tips off the beans and cut each string of beans into 2 pieces, which is about 3” long. I usually buy the tips trimmed beans, which saves some time. By the time I cut the beans, water came to a boil.
    • Put the beans in a steamer plate and put it in the sauce pan of boiling water. Cover the sauce pan and steam it for 5 minutes or until the beans is tender. Don’t overcook it.
    • While the beans are steaming, prepare the masala by grinding together onion, garlic, cumin powder, coriander powder, chili powder, salt, turmeric and sesame seeds.
    • In a frying pan or a skillet, heat oil. When the oil is hot, add the onion paste and fry it for about 3-5 minutes until the paste is nice brown.
    • Add the steamed beans, tomatoes, fenugreek leaves, cilantro and stir fry on medium high heat for 5-7 minutes or until the beans is sautéed.  Masala should coat the beans and the beans should be crunchy.  If you wish, you could fry it a little longer.  I liked it as it is.  If you intend to refrigerate the beans for 2-3 days, please do stir fry it a little longer.
    • Serve hot with rice or as a side dish with some grilled entree.  Last night, I ate most of this stir fry as a salad, although I served myself some rice to ate it with! 🙂

    Fenugreek Green Beans Stir Fry, Methi Green Beans Stir Fry

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    1. suchitra says

      June 28, 2011 at 11:52 am

      interesting one will give it a try!!

      Reply
    2. Madhusmita says

      June 02, 2011 at 11:45 pm

      I have tried this.really it was so delicious and healthy.Great creative cooking .Thanks for this recipe.

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        June 03, 2011 at 7:14 am

        You are welcome & thanks for trying the recipe!

        Reply
    3. Padma says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:30 am

      I would surely love to try this recipe Usha, looks so yummy and mouthwatering!!!

      Reply
    4. Vidhya Jayadeep says

      May 11, 2011 at 1:51 am

      Delicious stir fry.Loved the combo.

      Reply
    5. suparna says

      May 11, 2011 at 1:08 am

      healthy combo and the colour is so eyecatching :p good one..

      Reply
    6. Aarthi says

      May 11, 2011 at 12:00 am

      WOW this looks so yummy..Want it now...I am gonna try this soon..Y dont you check my blog and please follow me...

      Reply
    7. Suman Singh says

      May 10, 2011 at 10:34 pm

      Never would have thought of this combo..looks great and yummy!

      Reply
    8. Krithi says

      May 10, 2011 at 9:15 pm

      Green beans with fenugreek leaves looks like a yummy combo.. looks so inviting..

      Reply
    9. Savitha says

      May 10, 2011 at 5:25 pm

      Beans looks gorgeous.so healthy too.

      Reply
    10. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      May 10, 2011 at 2:10 pm

      wow, love this idea !!! I am not sure where you live, but in USA, there is a restaurant chain called P.F. Chang. They have this side order called "Spicy Garlic Beans". It looks very much like that, though I know the ingredients are different. I was going to re-create that recipe, so, this is a good base 🙂

      Reply
    11. Priya says

      May 10, 2011 at 1:49 pm

      Thats sooo inviting and healthy stirfry, unique combo..

      Reply
    12. Raji says

      May 10, 2011 at 1:22 pm

      Wonderful and unique combination of methi and beans..but the colour is so attractive..a must try I must say.

      Reply
    13. Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi says

      May 10, 2011 at 12:25 pm

      I like this unique combo of beans and methi ..shall surely try it out.

      Reply

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