SIMPLE AVARAKKAI CURRY, how to make a simple broad beans curry

Avarakkai/Broad beans are very high in protein and energy just like any other green vegetable. They are a very rich source of dietary fiber too. Rich in iron, lot of enzymes, and this method of making this curry can be found in all South Indian households.
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Ingredients

Avarakkai - 1/4 kg, washed and chopped fine

A pinch of sugar

Salt to taste

To season

Coconut oil - 2 tsps

Hing/asafoetida powder - 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Broken urad dhal - 1 1/2 tsps

Red chillies - 2, broken

Fresh grated coconut - 2 tbsps

Curry leaves -  a few

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian; Category: Lunch/Dinner

Prep time: 10 mts; Cooking time: 15 mts

Serves 2

Avarakkai/broad beans chopped, allowed to boil with just 1./2 cup water

Add a teeny weeny pinch of sugar, so that this helps the vegetable to retain its green color

When it is half cooked, add salt

Fully cooked now, the water has also been used up fully, add grated coconut and curry leaves. Keep the flames on the lowest. Cooking this way, helps us not to waste that water, loaded fully with nutrition.

Heat coconut oil in a pan, add all the above mentioned seasoning ingredients, when the urad dhal becomes golden....

pour on top of the avarakkai curry and mix well.

Serve this aromatic curry with any rasam or sambar.

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Categories: South Indian Curries