Friday, April 20, 2012

Beans - Carrot Curry with Sesame Powder



Here is a delicious, carrot - beans dry saute for my "accompaniment" theme of BM#15. This is a typical Andhra style preparation and is a nice variation from the regular rut of coconut / onion based curries.

Ingredients:
1 cup stringed and chopped beans
1 cup peeled and cubed carrot
Salt to taste
For tadka:
1 tbsp oil, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp urad dal / split black gram, 1 tsp chana dal, few curry leaves, 1/8 tsp turmeric powder
For sesame seed powder:
1 Tbsp white sesame seeds, 2 Tbsp dry coconut, 4 dried red chillies and 1 tbsp jaggery powder

Method:
* Toast sesame seeds and chillies on medium flame until the sesame seeds start to pop. It will take a few seconds to toast sesame seeds and so keep an eye on them. Let cool and grind into a fine powder along with coconut and jaggery.
* Heat oil in a pan and add the tadka ingredients. When dals start turning reddish, add the vegetables, salt and turmeric powder to the pan. Cook covered on low flame until the beans turn tender.
* Add the sesame seed powder to the cooked vegetables, stir well and cook for a couple of minutes more. Turn off the stove and serve the warm curry along with rice / rotis.

Check what other marathoners are cooking during BM#15.

Comments

15 comments:

  1. i never tried carrot and beans combination. love to give it a shot, looks great

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  2. I make carrot beans once in a while but without the podi.

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  3. this is ago do variation.. want to try the sesame powder soon!

    Ongoing Event : WTML

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  4. Good one. I make this for my kids so I omit the red chillies and add a pinch of red chilli powder.

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  5. beans and carrots is nice combination, wonder y never thought of it

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  6. This masala gives a nice flavour to the stir fries..
    I always add it - minus jaggery.

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  7. I love it! Bright, colorful and tasty!

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  8. simple ,crisp and flavourful stir fry

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  9. WE make it without the spice mix. Lovely color...

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  10. That looks so good Suma..though this is always made at home, we normally use pappula podi or coconut..sesame sounds very nice

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