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    Home » By Ingredient » Vegetables » Beans

    Published: Jun 17, 2016 · Modified: Oct 1, 2020 by Usha Rao

    Green Beans Poriyal

    I was going to post this recipe last Sunday but had to change my recipe in the last minute. Poriyal is a vegetable saute from South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Vegetable is sauteed with tempering ingredients, dry chilies and finished off with fresh grated coconut.

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    In this poriyal, red chilies are used for spice and I was tempted to add some chili powder as well. Srivalli and Kalyani clarified that in Tamil cuisine chili powder is not used in dry vegetable sautes and the only exception being root vegetables.

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    Keeping that in mind, I used only red chilies. If it were not for the blog, I would have preferred some chili powder as well. Though I used 3 red chilies, it was a bit bland to my taste. However, I liked eating it as is like a salad.

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    The other ingredient I would skip is asafetida and instead use crushed garlic. However, I used a pinch of asafetida here. Beans poriyal goes well with both rice and roti.

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    Source: Dakshin, Vegetarian Cuisine from South India by Chandra Padmanabhan
    Total Time: 25 - 30 minutes
    Preparation: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 15 - 20 minutes
    Serves: 2 - 3

    Ingredients:

    • 300 grams (10 ½ oz.) Green Beans, chopped
    • 1 tbsp. Oil
    • 3 Dry Red Chilies, broken into two
    • ½ tsp. Cumin
    • ½ tsp. Mustard Seeds
    • ½ tsp. Urad Dal, washed
    • ½ tsp. Chana Dal, washed
    • ⅛ - ¼ tsp. Hing ~ Asafetida (I used ⅛ tsp)
    • 4-6 Curry Leaves
    • ½ - ¾ tsp. Salt (adjust to taste)
    • 1 ½ - 2 tbsp. Water
    • 1 ½ - 2 tbsp. sliced Coconut, coarsely ground (I used frozen coconut)

    Preparation:

    • Wash green beans, trim the edges and cut into small pieces.
    • Grate fresh coconut. I used frozen coconut slices and ground it coarsely.
    • Heat oil in a pan. When oil is hot, add chilies, mustard seeds, cumin, urad dal, chana dal, hing, curry leaves and let mustard seeds crackle and dals turn light golden brown.
    • Add salt, green beans and give a good stir.
    • Add 1 ½ - 2 tablespoon of water, cover and cook beans on low flame until beans are tender. Stir in between and it will take about 8-10 minutes.
    • Remove the lid, add grated coconut, stir and increase the flame to medium high and saute beans until it is dry, about 2-4 minutes.
    • Serve with rice or roti.

    Notes:

    • I rarely use hing in my cooking and hence used less hing in this poriyal. If one uses it in your everyday cooking, can add more.
    • I used 3 long dry chilies yet it was not hot to my taste. I was tempted to add some chili powder but held back as it is not usually added to beans poriyal.

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    1. Harini-Jaya R says

      August 24, 2016 at 1:06 pm

      These kinds of everyday poriyals make my day 🙂

      Reply
    2. Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says

      June 25, 2016 at 9:39 pm

      I really like poriyal's the ones I have sampled so far - this looks great and I am sure my palate would have appreciated this mild one without extra chili powder 🙂

      Reply
    3. Pavani says

      June 24, 2016 at 8:29 am

      I'm a big fan of Chandra Padmanabhan 🙂 This is such a simple and delicious curry.
      On a side note: do you find that black plate difficult to maintain? I found that it tends to show oil stains very easily and it's kind of hard to get it to look 'clean' for the pics 🙁

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    4. alkajena says

      June 19, 2016 at 2:45 am

      Love this combo

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    5. srividhya says

      June 19, 2016 at 12:34 am

      Love chandra padmanabhan's collection. I have her book too. Love this poriyal. One of our staple.

      Reply

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