Kothavarangai Poriyal | Cluster beans stir fry recipe
Kothavarangai Poriyal | cluster beans stir fry recipe is different from normal stir fry recipes and I can say that your kids definitely love this stir fry. but if you're allergic to peanuts then please avoid them and go with adding coconut alone. This Kothavarangai Poriyal | cluster beans stir fry recipe becomes a good accompaniment for any kind of main dish like Sambar rice, rasam rice or even with chappathi or dosa.
Servings: 4
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
- Kothavarangai / cluster beans - 150 gms
- Peanuts - 1/4 to 3/4 cups
- grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Dry red chilli - 2
- garlic cloves - 10 to 12
- chili powder - 1/2 tsp
- coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
- turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- salt as required
- Water to cook beans
To temper
- mustard seeds - little
- Urur dal - little
- Curry leaves - little
Instructions
- Dry fry the peanuts in a pan until it turns light brown colors. Do not over fry it.
- Once it turns to Brown allow it to cool down for about 5 minutes.
- transfer it to your food processor.
- grind to a coarse powder. Do not over grind it as it may start to leave out oil.
- Using a mortar and pestle crush the red chili and the garlic.
- Now in a kadai, add oil.
- Once it is hot, add the items under tempering one-by-one and fry for a minute.
- Add the crushed garlic and the red chili and again fry for about 2 minutes.
- Onions are now added and saute them really well until it turns translucent.
- Now add the chopped cluster beans and saute for a while.
- Add the chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and the required amount of salt
- add the required amount of water
- cover and cook for about 10 to 12 minutes or until the beans are fully cooked.
- Cook the beans in medium flame
- Once the beans are well cooked, remove the lid and let all the water dry out completely before adding the peanut powder.
- Now add the peanut powder and the grated coconut and give a nice mix for another five minutes of time and switch off the flame.