Green Beans Thoran (Green Beans With Coconut)
photo by reetu416
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 453.59 g green beans
- 1 shallot, about 1 oz in weight (note, not scallion)
- 1-2 fresh hot green chili pepper, cut into 2 to 3 pieces each,and de-seeded for less heat if desired
- 2 clove garlic, peeled
- 236.59 ml freshly grated coconut (3 oz) or 56.69 g unsweetened coconut, barely covered with warm water and left to sit for an hour
- 4.92 ml ground cumin
- 1.23 ml ground turmeric
- 29.58-44.37 ml vegetable oil
- 4.92 ml whole brown mustard seeds
- 9.85 ml uncooked white rice
- 10-12 fresh curry leaves (preferably) or 10-12 dried curry leaves
- 1 whole dried hot red chili pepper
- 4.92 ml salt, to taste
- 29.58 ml water
directions
- Wash, string beans if necessary, make several bundles (for convenience) and slice them crosswise into 1/4-inch segments.
- Coarsely grind the shallots, green chilies, garlic, coconut, cumin and turmeric in a food processor or blender, and set to one side.
- Place the oil in a wok or large skillet, which has a lid, and heat over a medium-high flame.
- Add the mustard seeds and rice, and stir and saute for a few seconds until the mustard seeds begin to pop and splutter and the rice swells and turns golden.
- Add the curry leaves and red chili, and after a few more seconds, when the chilli swells and darkens, add the green beans.
- Continue to stir and fry for 2-3 minutes, then roughly pile them into a mound in the cooking vessel.
- Form a hole in the center of the mound and place within it the coarsely ground spices.
- Now cover over the spices with some of the beans, season with salt, and add the water to the pan.
- Immediately cover with a lid, reduce the heat to low, and cook approximately 10 minutes until the beans are tender.
- Mix all the ingredients together well, and serve hot.
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Reviews
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Fantastic - we have had many holidays in India and always eat this dish (generally with a huge Pomfret ). Cooked it tonight with plain griddled monk-fish and it was fantastic. Memories of sitting in a beach shack watching a Goan sunset came flooding back to a cold London evening!! Thank-you, great recipe and one to keep
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Australia
<p>I was raised in a family that loves to travel, meet people from other countries, and taste new foods. We are quite 'international' - my brother's wife is Indian, my sister's husband is Swiss and my son's wife is of Swedish and Croatian origin. My little dogs are German - miniature Dachshunds.</p>
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