Indian broad bean/ Chikkudakai fry

Indian broad beans is my all time favourite .They are an exceptional source of nutrition with Vitamin A and C required for good vision, skin, and bone development. It improves your blood sugar and cholesterol levels. They also create gastric problems. The best way to cook it is stir fry.

Here’s the recipe J

Ingredients:

½ kg Gms Broad beans

½ tsp ginger garlic paste

½ tsp Mustard seeds

One big Onion chopped finely

One medium sized tomato chopped finely.

 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

2-3 dry red chillies

About 5 garlic cloves

1/4^th tsp Turmeric powder

½ tsp red chilli powder

½ tsp dhania powder.

1 stalk of coriander leaves.

Salt as per taste

Curry leaves

Oil

Method

Wash the board beans, chop both the ends and remove the thin fibre that runs along both sides. Now cut the beans into thin horizontal strips. Heat oil in a pan, the add mustard seeds, when they splutter add cumin seeds, red chillies, garlic cloves and curry leaves, fry for a minute, now add onions and fry till they turn translucent, add ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes away. Add the broad beans, sprinkle some water and cover with a lid and cook on a low flame for about 5 minutes. Now add the chopped tomatoes. One’s it’s cooked add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, dhaniya powder and salt. Mix properly and leave it covered till the oil surfaces. Now switch off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.