FRENCH BEANS ( INSTANT ) PATOLI..

RECIPE:

INGR:

French beans                250 gm
Onion                             2
Garlic                             3 pods
Green chillies               3
Curry leaves                 a sprig
Besan                            1 tbsp
Cumin                           1/2 tsp
Mustard                        1/2 tsp
Urad dal                        1tsp
Chana dal                     1 tsp
Hing                               a pinch
Turmeric                       a pinch
Salt to taste.

Method:  

1. Chop beans finely. Cube onions,crush garlic, mince the chillies.
2. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a thick pan and put in hing, cumin, mustard.
3. On crackling add dals, crushed garlic, chillies, curry leaves.
4. Fry to golden and add onions; saute till transparent.
5. Add beans and toss over; saute for 5-6 mts on high flame.
6. When all water evaporates, add turmeric, salt and mix well.
7. Lower the flame and cook for 5 mts.
8. When the beans are cooked 3/4ths, sprinkle with besan to coat the beans all over.
9. Cook them to a golden crunchy effect.
10. Remove, sprinkle with chopped coriander and serve hot.

Note:

1. In the original version, instead of besan the following method is adopted:
2. 1/2 cup of soaked channa dal, 3-4 red chillies, 3 garlic pods, curry leaves and salt are ground together coarsely (like for vada)
3. They are made into tiny patties and steamed till cooked.
4. On cooling, they are crumbled & then added to the beans while cooking.
5. Beans of choice, cluster beans, val beans, fench beans etc. can be used.
6. Here, I have used besan instead; the taste and effect produced was equally good.