Kothavarangai poriyal | Cluster beans poriyal | Avarakkai poriyal recipe
Kothavarangai poriyal | Cluster beans poriyal | Avarakkai poriyal recipe with detailed step by step instructions with pictures and video recipe below.
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What is Kothavarangai poriyal
Kothavarangai poriyal is a south Indian stir fry recipe using Kothavarangai / Cluster beans. Kothavarangai poriyal is also known as Kothavarangai Thoran, Avarakkai poriyal or Cluster beans stir fry. Every south Indian lunch recipe especially Tamilnadu contains a poriyal as a side dish for rice. Poriyal means vegetable stir fry which can be prepared with any one vegetable like cabbage, carrot, beetroot, beans, etc. You can also check other stir fry recipes like
Cluster beans poriyal is healthy as well as a tasty side dish for rice. It is very easy and makes it in a few minutes. It is the best side dish for rice with sambar and rasam. Cluster beans poriyal can be prepared with Cluster beans and a simple masala prepared with coconut, jeera, green chilly and asafoetida. Also with a simple seasoning with mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dhal and red chilly. You can also check other rice side dish recipes like
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Kothavarangai poriyal | Cluster beans poriyal | Avarakkai poriyal
Ingredients
- 2 cup Kothavarangai/ Cluster beans
- Salt (As needed)
- Water (As needed)
- ½ cup Coconut
- ½ tsp Jeera
- 2 Green chilly
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida
- 1 tsp Oil
- ¼ tsp Mustard seeds
- ¼ tsp Urad dhal
- 1 Red chilly
- Curry leaves (few)
Instructions
- In a pan, add chopped cluster beans, salt and water and mix well.
- Cover and cook until cluster beans are cooked well.
- Drain the water from cluster beans and keep aside.
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds, urad dhal, red chilly and curry leaves and saute well.
- Add cooked cluster beans and stir well.
- Add turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt mix well and saute for a few minutes.
- In a mixer, add coconut, green chilly and jeera grind coarsely.
- Add this coarsely grinded coconut into cooked cluster beans and stir well.
- Cluster beans stir fry/ kothavarangai poriyal is ready to serve.
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Kothavarangai poriyal | Cluster beans poriyal | Avarakkai poriyal recipe with step by step pictures:
1.In a pan, add chopped cluster beans, salt and water and mix well.
2.Cover and cook until cluster beans are cooked well.
3.Drain the water from cluster beans and keep aside.
4.Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan.
5.Add mustard seeds, urad dhal, red chilly and curry leaves and saute well.
6.Add cooked cluster beans and stir well.
7.Add turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt mix well and saute for a few minutes.
8.In a mixer, add coconut, green chilly and jeera grind coarsely.
9.Add this coarsely grinded coconut into cooked cluster beans and stir well.
10.Cluster beans stir fry/ kothavarangai poriyal is ready to serve.
Keywords to understand
Ingredients Other Words
| Cluster beans | – | Avaraikai, ganvaar phalee |
| Salt | – | uppu, namak |
| Oil | – | enney, tel |
| Mustard seeds | – | katuku, sarason ke beej |
| Curry leaves | – | kariveppilai, karee patte |
| Red chilly | – | civappu milakay, laal mirch |
| Green chilly | – | Paccai milakay, haree mirch |
| Urad dhal | – | ulundhu, udad daal |
| Jeera | – | jeeragam, cumin seeds |
| Asafoetida | – | Kayam, Hing |
| Turmeric powder | – | manjal tul, haldee paudar |
| Coconut | – | Tenkay, naariyal |
Note
1.Drain all water from cluster beans before adding it to the tempering.
2.Don’t overcook cluster beans until it turns mushy.
3.Increase or decrease the quantity of green chilly according to the spices.
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