Bean Aloo Sabzi

This is a dry side dish goes well with Rice, Roti , luchi, poori & plain paratha.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups green beans cut into small pieces
• 2 cups cubed potatoes
• ½ medium size onion sliced
• 1 tbsp chopped tomato
• 2  green chilies
• 2 tbsp Mustard oil ( you can use white oil too)
• Turmeric powder 1/ 2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• For tempering,
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 dry red chilly
• pinch of Sugar

Process:

1. Heat oil in a preheated cooking pan over medium heat.
2. If you are cooking with mustard oil, make sure your oil is nice and hot, reduce the heat to low.
3. Add all whole spices under tempering section, stir for 10-15 seconds to release the aroma from the spices.
4. Add all vegetables, if you like your dish spicy, add chopped green chilies now, and, increase the heat to high, cook for a minute, this will help to release the moisture from the vegetables.
5. Reduce the heat to medium or medium-low, cover with a lid, cook for 5-6 minutes, then sprinkle salt, turmeric powder, give a good mix, put the lid back and continue cooking until vegetables are done. It will take 10-15 minutes, keep eye on your dish, you need to stir a couple of times.
6. When it’s almost done, sprinkle sugar, increase the heat to high, cook for 2-3 minutes. This will bring a good color to the dish.
7. Remove from heat and serve with Roti or Rice.

Recipe by: Shyamali Sinha