Bean Recipes – Beans Subji

There are a lot of Bean recipes but this Beans Fry Recipe is simple and easy to make. It is good to add beans into your diet, in your meals in soups, rice, subjis or in snack items such as Upma. 

It is good to add beans in your meals in soups, rice, subjis or in snack items such as Upma. 

Don’t know many recipes using beans? Keep reading and you will find more bean recipes on this site.

Beans are cooked by itself or with lentils. Cooked with rice and spices, it can be a one dish meal. Cooked as a vegetable, it is a good accompaniment for Bread, such as chapati or with steamed rice.

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How to make Beans subji:
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Ingredients: for 4 persons:

• Beans – 2 cups, chopped.
• Green chillies – 1 or 2, Slit in two pieces .
• Ginger paste 1/4 tsp.
• Salt - 1/2 tsp according to taste.
• Sugar – ¼ tsp.
• Fresh grated Coconut 1 tbsp
• Lime juice - 1/2 tsp
• water - 2 tbsp if needed

• Oil -1tbsp.
• Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
• Cumin Seeds 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida(hing)(optional) : a pinch.
• Turmeric powder(optional) – 1 tsp.

Cooking method :

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard and cumin seed. When they stop spluttering, add Asafoetida (hing), turmeric powder.
2. Add green chilli pieces. Fry for 5 seconds.
3. Add chopped beans. Mix and Cover. Cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
4. Add ginger/garlic paste, curry leaves. stir. Add salt, sugar. Mix well.
5.  Add a little water if needed.  
6. Cover and cook on low flame till beans are just done.
7. Add Coconut, chopped Coriander leaves(cilantro). Mix well.
8. Turn the flame off . Add lime juice and mix well.

Serve it with chapati, Steamed rice, as a side , vegetable dish with any meal.

Tip: Add water to this recipe only if needed. Beans contains enough water. When you add sugar and salt, this water will be released. That is enough for the beans to be cooked.

To reduce final cooking time, can pressure cook or steam beans for 10 minutes before adding to seasoning. 

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