AVARAKKAI THORAN

 AVARAKKAI THORAN

Ingredients:

1/4 kg avarakkai (green hyacinth beans)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
2 tbsp fresh grated coconut
2 green chilies

For tempering:

1 1/2 tsp coconut oil (or sunflower oil)
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 1/2 tsp broken urad dal)
1 sprig curry leaf

Method of Preparation

Wash the beans and string them. Trim off both ends of each bean and then finely chop the beans.

In a pan, heat the oil (coconut oil gives an authentic flavor and taste) and add the mustard seeds. When they splutter, add the broken urad gram and sauté till they brown. Now add the curry leaves, stir once and add the beans. Stir fry the beans for a couple of minutes. Add salt and turmeric powder. Turn down the heat and allow the beans to cook till they are done. Take the cooked beans off the heat.

Now run the grated coconut and the green chilies in the jar of your mixer grinder a couple of times, without adding any water. You will have crushed mixture of coconut and chilies, with flecks of the green chilies showing. Do not grind to a paste.These crushing releases the flavors/ juice in the coconut and the chilies. Add this to the beans and stir well to mix.