Recipe: Yummy Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry

Recipe: Yummy Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry. Great recipe for Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry. Avarakai or broad beans is one of those vegetables that are cooked in the wrong methodology thus making it yet another green veggie to hate. The versatility of Avarakai is similar to a potato , it can be used.
I recently tried avarakkai curry in onion tomato base, thought of sharing the recipe here too.
Paruppu usili is a popular South Indian side dish for rice, which is prepared with lentils.
It is a very healthy side dish as it has lentils and also steam cooked.
You can cook Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry
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You need 1/2 kg of broad bean Chopped.
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Prepare 1 cup of coconut freshly grated.
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Prepare to taste of salt.
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It’s 1 tsp of sugar.
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It’s 1/2 cup of water.
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You need 1 tsp of ginger shredded.
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You need 3 of green chillies.
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Prepare 5 - 6 of curry leaves.
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You need 2 tsps of rice bran oil.
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You need 1/4 tsp of mustard seeds.
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Prepare 1 tsp of urad dal white.
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You need 1 tsp of channa dal.
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It’s 1 pinch of asafoetida.
I prepared paruppu usili with broad beans / avarakkai which is easily available in all Indian grocery store.
Broad beans are rich source of proteins and fibers It is known as Avarakkai in Tamil and Chikkudukkai in Telugu.
Avarakkai poriyal is a easy, quick and healthy stir fry.
It is served as a side dish to Rice.
Avarakai Paruppu Thengai Karamadhu / Broad Beans and coconut stir fry step by step
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Make all the above mentioned pre-requisites ready..
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Take a wok, keep it on low heat, add 2 tsps of rice bran oil..
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Once the oil gets heated, add in mustard seeds, white urad dal, channa dal and asafoetida. Saute this until aromatic. Add the freshly shredded ginger, chopped green chillies and curry leaves..
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Now add the chopped broad beans, and saute them slowly without breaking the beans..
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Add required amount of salt, sprinkle sugar and add a pinch of cooking soda(Optional), add 1/2 cup of water and give this a nice mix..
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Allow this to cook on high heat (Stir in between) for 12 minutes. The picture you see below shows you the different stages of its cooking process and it will gradually shrink in size but it will not discolor..
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After 12 minutes or after all the water is absorbed the broad beans will be soft to touch,you can break it easily with your fingers,at this stage switch off the heat and sprinkle coconut and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and mix. Serve this hot..
Especially it goes well with rasam and rice.
Other recipes similar to this are : Muttakos(cabbage) karamadhu , Avarakai(broad beans) Karamdhu This can be served along with : Vegetable kootu , Pudalangai Kootu , Chow-Chow(Chayote) Kootu.
First wash and peel the skin.
Wash the broad beans (avarakkai) very well.
Remove the two tips and thick fiber in edges.