Patoli

                                                                           
Patoli, a traditional Andhra dish is a protein rich koora (sabji) which tastes excellent with rice and rotis. It is a pleasant variation from the ordinary styles of preparation of vegetables and can be a big hit at parties. Patoli is prepared using chanadal (bengal gram) and a vegetable. An easier, smarter way to feed the family, the nutritious stuff.
Some of the choices for vegetables that can be used are French beans, cluster beans, onions, cabbage, methi leaves etc.

French Beans Patoli:
Ingredients:
Chopped French (green) beans – 2 cups
Chanadal – 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
Red chillies - 8 to 10 (depending upon the spiciness you prefer, medium to hot)
Salt to taste
Oil – 2 or 3 Tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Chana dal (Bengal gram) - 1 tsp
Urad dal (Black gram) – 1 tsp
Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - Few
Hing (Asafoetida) – Few pinches (optional)
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Preparation:
Cook the beans.
Soak chanadal in water for atleast two hours. Coarsely grind chanadal, 2 tsp of cumin seeds and red chillies with as little as water as possible. Cook the mixture in a pressure cooker without the weight, till it is done. Let it cool for a while. Crumble the chanadal mixture, which would have become dry at this point .
Heat oil in a pan. Add chanadal, urad dal, jeera, mustard seeds, curry leaves to the hot oil. When chanadal and uraddal begin to turn reddish, add turmeric powder and the chanadal mixture to the pan and stir fry for a few minutes. Now add the cooked french beans and salt to the pan. Saute for a couple of minutes. Turn off the stove.
Serve with rice or rotis.


Cluster (Goovar) Beans Patoli: Replace French beans with cluster beans in the above recipe.
If using fresh cluster beans, follow the same method as above. If cooking with frozen cluster beans, thaw them, chop them and cook them as above. The above measurements are good for a 12 oz frozen cluster beans packet.
 
Menthi Koora (Methi) Patoli:
Replace French beans with methi leaves in the French beans patoli recipe and proceed.
For the above ingredients, use 2 bunches of methi leaves. Pluck all the leaves from the methi stems. Throw away the stems. Wash and chop the methi leaves. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the methi leaves till they are cooked. By the time, they would be wilted and change their color to a darker shade.


Patoli - My 'P' entry for Nupur's A - Z event and for Latha's RCI - Andhra Cuisine event.

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