AVARAKKAI PAAL CURRY

Here is the paal curry.


BROAD BEANS PAAL CURRY

Ingredients:

100 grms avarakai cut into 1 inch in length.
Boil it with little water keep aside.
1 small potato boiled and cut into tiny pieces (optional)
1 onion chopped fine
1 small tomato chopped fine
2 green chillies sliced
¼ tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tbs coriander leaves chopped
1 tsp oil
Salt to taste
2 ½ cups of coconut milk. (more or less )

Paste:
1 tsp poppy seeds powder
1 ½ tsp coriander powder
1 tbs green chillie paste
½ tsp ginger paste

Method:

Heat oil in a wok, add in the mustard seeds, when the splutter,
add in the curry leaves, onions and green chillies.
Sauté well, add in the chopped tomato.
Let it cook until mushy. Add in the pastes, stir nicely.
Add in the boiled avarakai and potato.
Add little water and cook till the raw smell goes.

Reduce the flame low, add in the coconut milk and salt.
Keep stirring as you are adding the milk.
Let it come to a slow boil as you are stirring.
Remove from stove, garnish with the coriander leaves.

Note: for a different taste and smell, you can temper
with cinnamon, cardamom , aniseeds and cloves
along with the other ingredients.