yard long beans / barbati curry..

Hi..
 Today  i prepared barbati( yard long beans) curry..its was tasty...i never cooked or tasted it before..when i first saw it in the grocery store i just ignored it..but my hubby placed it in cart saying that it is one of his favorite dish n its healthy too..so for the first time i tried it today..it was awesome..tasted really good...i made it with the combination of tomato...
 This yard long beans also called as asparagus bean, Chinese long bean,garter bean, snake bean, yard long bean.

                                          Barbati / yard long bean recipe:
                              preparation&cooking: 30-40 minutes
                                                             1bundle serves :4 members
                                                               cuisine:Andhra 
                                            
                              
                                                    
Ingredients: 

•  1/2 bundle long yard(chop them to 2 inches of  size)
  
•      Finely chopped onions
•      chopped tomatos
•      chopped  green chillies 
•      Turmeric powder/Pasupu 1/2 tsp
•      Chilli powder  1tsp
•       Salt  to taste
  

 


                                                   
 

 

                                                                                                   Talimpu / tadka:

                                             Oil  2 to 3  tspoons
                                             Garlic 3 cloves
                                             Dried chillies 3
                                                                   Avalu/ Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
                                                                                     Chena dal/pachi senga pappu     1/2  tsp 
                                                                    Urad dal /minapappu 1/2 tsp 
                                                             Jeera/Jeelakarra  1/2 tsp
                                       Onions  2
                                        Curry leafs
                                                                                              Green chilly 3 (based on    spicyness u can eat)

    

• Heat oil in a heavy based pan or pressure cooker..add smashed garlic and let it fry for 1 minute..then add dry chillies, let them turn little dark..then add the tadka ingredients. once the mustard seeds starts bursting then  add finely chopped onions , chilli n curry leafs.
• Fry till the onions get their colour changed slightly ,now add chopped tomatos to it..stir it finely for 2 minutes..now add the chopped beans to it..stir finely..add salt, chilli powder n turmeric.. 
• Till now all the cooking process should b done in the low flame..after adding salt to the beans increase flame ..so that the salt gets melted and ozzes  liquid out from vegetables that is required for cooking...wait  for 3 to 4 minutes in high flame..u can observe the beans completely rolled in oil . As  we added more onions and  tomato's  we can get nice gravy.. now reduce the flame to low or below medium..then place the lid...if u r using pressure cooker then just wash ur hand in the curry (pour  1/4 cup of water) n  close the cooker n place the weight..let the cooker gives single whistle in flame ..now you can off the stove n check for the softness of the vegetable.

    If  you are cooking in an open pan , Let it cook for 20 to 25 mints in low flame..since we are cooking in low flame..curry wont get burned n more over our gravy will be well prepared . Now off the flame  n stir the curry nicely...taste  to see the correctness of salt..that's it! our barbati curry is done..serve it hot...enjoy eating...  :-)

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