Beautiful French Beans and Potato Curry (Green Beans and Potato Shak)

Delicious French Beans and Potato Curry


“Peace of mind and a comfortable income are predicted by a dream of eating potatoes in any form.” Ned Ballantyne & Stella Coeli Your Horoscope and Your Dreams (1940)

Delicious French Beans and Potato Curry

This recipe is so delicious eaten with dal and especially delicious eaten with Corn Kadhi. This is how I enjoyed this yesterday, watching one of my favourite old film's (Bobby), listening to the tapping rain on the windows. It was a relaxing and comforting experience, to read more see my Kadhi with Corn recipe.

Here is the delicious recipe:

Beautiful Green Beans and Potato Curry Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 - 3 cups (200gms) French Beans (any green beans can be used here) – for French beans, top and tail and chop in half (for frozen – 3 cups)
1 medium onion (roughly chopped)
3 tomatoes (roughly chopped)
2 teaspoons tomato puree
1 large potato (chopped into half inch pieces)
1 and a ½ tablespoon Vegetable oil, like sunflower
Salt to taste
½ tsp Red Chilly powder
½ tsp Cumin powder (jeera
1 tsp Turmeric (haldi)
Couple of chopped coriander leaves to garnish
Seasoning - Crush the following in a pastel and mortar or see my tip below
4 cloves of garlic
2 or 3 green chilles (depending on how hot you like it)
1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)

Recipe:

1. Pour oil into large pan and add jeera seeds

2. When the jeera starts to pop, add onions and stir for a couple of minutes then when the onions start to turn translucent, add turmeric. Stir for 5 minutes

3. Add red chilly powder and stir for a couple of minutes

4. Add the seasoning from pastel and mortar

5. Add the 2 chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and stir well for a couple of minutes

6. Add the green beans, jeera and salt, stir for 5 mins

7. Add half a cup of water and stir

8. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes

9. After 15 mins, check if potato is cooked, if not leave a little longer and add the final chopped tomato and mix well. Add a small amount of water, if required.

10. Once the potatoes are cooked, garnish with coriander and serve

This dish is simply delicious! It is worth a try, as once the preparation is done it is simple to cook. I cook it when we have friends over and it is enjoyed by the veggies and non veg’s, which I think is really saying something. It goes really well with and corn kadhi, rice and soft rotis, as per picture. Enjoy alone, watching a film or with friends!

Tips:

• I do not have a pastel and mortar so I cheat by using a tea mug and the end of my rolling pin (luckily it has a straight end)
• This masala is very different from the traditional methods we use but each time I have made this dish, it has been a hit.

Hard - Easy to make: Medium
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins