Long Beans Leafage Stir Kid (Payar Ila Thoran)

This summertime is special at the quicknhealthy kitchen because this is the showtime fourth dimension nosotros convey tried our manus at kitchen gardening, inwards a minor way. Till of late I used to attribute proficient garden to 'green thumb' together with I assumed that I did non convey it inwards me. Well, forthwith I know that dark-green pollex is simply some other agency to pull love, tending together with patience :-). So nosotros convey a minor kitchen garden amongst a duet of love apple tree plants, okra, ruby amaranth together with a few long beans creepers. Long beans is ane of my favorite vegetables together with I am together with thus happy together with proud to convey grown them inwards my backyard. 

Long beans greens are edible too, tender leaves are peculiarly nice. Long beans greens stir nestling (payar ila thoran a.k.a chappupperi) is ane of the long lost treasures of my native house Wynad, a pristine together with beautiful house on the western ghats of Kerala. I am sort of rediscovering that onetime retentivity together with the gustatory modality amongst this recipe.

Ingredients:

• Long edible bean leaves* - 1 bunch (about a loving cup when chopped together with packed tightly)
• Coconut fossil oil - 1 Tbs
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Raw rice - 1 tsp
• Turmeric pulverization - 1/2 tsp
• Garlic - 1-2 cloves (optional)
• Green chilly - 1-2 (optional) 
• Sea tabular array salt - every bit per taste
• Shredded kokosnoot - 1/2 cup

Directions:

• Chop the greens overnice together with thin. 
• Heat kokosnoot fossil oil together with add together mustard seeds. When they pop, add together rice together with stir till they plow slightly golden. 
• Immediately add together the chopped greens stirring good mix everything.
• Add turmeric together with gear upwards covered for a few minutes till the greens are cooked together with soft. 
• Meanwhile coarsely musical rhythm out the garlic together with dark-green chilly amongst the dorsum of a knife or using a mortar together with pestle. 
• Add crushed garlic/chilly together with shredded kokosnoot together with tabular array salt together with mix well. Switch off.
• Serve warm amongst rice. Enjoy!

Note: Try to pick every bit much tender leaves every bit possible. Tender leaves tastes better, together with cooks faster. 

Tweet

Subscribe to receive free email updates: