Beans Porial

Ingredients

Beans - 1/4 kg
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Chana Dal - 1 tsp (kadalai paruppu)
Curry leaves - 2 sprig
Green chilly - 3 medium
Onion big - 1 small
Coconut - 2 tsp ( health conscious people may add jeera instead while seasoning )
Water - 1/4 cup

METHOD

Step 1 : In a kadai, add oil, mustard seeds, urad Dal, chana Dal,Jeera ( optional for coconut)

Step 2 : After mustard splutters, add curry leaves, g.chillies & onion & stir till colour turns translucent,now beans, stir for a few seconds , add water & salt , close with lid & cook on low heat till water disappears. This wont take long. Then sprinkle scrapped coconut & take off heat.

P.S : Cabbage Porial, Carrot Porial & Avarakkai Porial can be done (individually) following the same recipe.

METHOD 2 : To Cabbage & Beans Porial , 2 tbs of cooked green gram (paasi paruppu) or chana Dal (Kadalai paruppu)can also be substituted for coconut.

METHOD 3 : Cabbage Carrot & Beans can be added together to make India flag colour Porial.

Goes well as side dish for  Rice & Curries.