Beans curry

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

1. French beans - cleaned and chopped
2. Oil - 3tsp
3. Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
4. Cumin seeds - 1/2tsp
5. Chana dal - 1/2 tsp
6. Turmeric - 1 pinch
7. Red chillipowder - 1tsp
8. Coconut - fresh grated or frozen is also fine
9. Salt to taste
10. Curry leaves - 3 to 4

Method:

• Clean and chop the beans into half inch pieces.
• In a pan take 3tsp of oil and add chana dal, jeera/cumin ,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• After the mustard starts spluttering add chopped beans and cook for 15min or until beans are almost cooked.
• Add  and stir turmeric,salt,chillipowder and grated coconut and remove from heat.
• Very simple curry to make and goes well with rice or roti.

Puri

Puri is puffed whole wheat bread. These breads range from naan, paratha, chapati, pulka or the puri.

Ingredients:

1. Wheat flour - 3 cups
2. Oil - 3 tbsp for kneading
3. Salt and Water
4. and also Oil for deep frying

  Method:

• Take wheat flour in a bowl, mix it with salt, make a well at the centre and add 2-3 tbsp of oil and knead the dough using water until smooth.
• Set it aside until half an hour, which allows the dough to absorb the water and kneading.
  Meanwhile start heating oil in a deep kadai. Make small walnut size balls and roll out each ball just like a chapati/tortilla but smaller in size. 
    

puri deep fried in oil 

•  Take each puri, put it in the hot oil, and lightly press on the top with your spatula, which helps the puri to be puffed, turn it the other side and remove it after few seconds ,will be golden brown in color.

 

 

puffed puri out of oil

 

•  Drain off the excess oil on the puri on a paper towel.

• Serve puri with any vegetable curry or gravy.