Chikkudi Kaya vepudu

Chikkudi Kaya vepudu

 

Ingredients

• 250 gms indian beans
• 2 onions chopped
• 1 green chilli slit lengthwise
• 8 garlic flakes chopped finely
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 tsp cumin seeds(jeera,jeelakara)
• 1/2 tsp red chilli pwd
• 1/2 tsp coriander pwd
• 1/4 tsp cumin pwd
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tsp sugar(optional)
• salt to taste
• oil

Procedure

1. Wash,string the beans and split each bean into two to three pieces.
2. Boil 2 cups water in a pot and add the beans with salt and cook with lid till almost cooked but not too soft i.e three fourth cooked.Drain.
3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a vessel.Add cumin seeds and let them splutter,now add curry leaves and garlic and fry for 5 seconds.
4. Add the onions and fry till transparent.Add chilli pwd,coriander pwd,cumin pwd and sugar and mix well.
5. Add the boiled beans and cook covered for 5 minutes on low heat.Adjust salt.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves.