cookbypassion

Today we are starting with 4th week of Blogging Marathon. My theme for the week is "Pick 1 and do 3". It means pick 1 state and do 3 dishes. But the states have to fall under the geographical regions - South Indian states, North Indian states, Western Indian States or Eastern Indian states. I choose South Indian States and will be posting 3 dishes from South states - Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. For day 1, I will be posting a very popular dish from Kerala- Beans Thoran. Beans Thoran is a simple and nutritious kerala style beans side dish for rice. This dish is packed with flavors of fresh coconut, garlic and green chilies. This is one of the dish served for Onam Sadya. Coconut based thoran can also be made with carrots, cabbage and pumpkin.  Ingredients: Green beans chopped 2 cups Chopped green chili 1 tsp For Coconut masala mix: Grated coconut 3/4 cup Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp Garlic cloves 2 Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Shallots 2 Salt to taste For Tempering: Chopped shallot...

Chikkudukaya is a kind of beans mostly found in Indian stores. They are of different types, some with seeds inside some without. Some are light green in color some dark and some purple too.  It tastes great if you cook with onions, tomatoes and some spices as a gravy curry or just stir fry with some chopped onions and spices. Today I have made this simple and delicious stir fry to go with rice or roti. This recipe goes to the 2nd day of week 4, Blogging Marathon 74 under the theme " Quick and Delicious Stir- Fries". Ingredients: Broad beans / Chikkudukaya 1 lb Onion 1 small Green chili 2 Curry leaves 6 Salt to taste Haldi / Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon Kura Karam / garlic  chili powder 2 spoons Preparation: Trim the edges of the beans and wash. Cut the beans into small pieces. Heat oil in pan, add curry leaves, chopped onion and green chilies. Saute till onions turn light golden brown. Now add cut broad beans, salt and haldi. Sprinkle some water and cook for 5 to 7 minutes with ...

Crunchy, spicy and garlicky green beans tastes wonderful with some Asian Noodles or with any  Fried rice. A quick and delicious side dish. Stir fry the beans till nice and tender and serve hot. This recipes goes to week 4, day 1 of BM 74 under the theme " Quick and delicious Stir- Fries". Ingredients: Green beans 1 lb Chopped Garlic 2 spoons Red bell pepper chopped 1/2 cup Soy sauce 1 spoon Sriracha hot sauce 1 spoon Olive oil 2 spoons Preparation: Trim green beans and wash thoroughly.  Heat oil in a pan / wok. Add beans and 2 spoons water, cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. Now add chopped garlic and bell pepper. Also add soy sauce and hot sauce. Saute for few minutes till beans are nice and tender. Serve hot with noodles or any rice dish. Check to see what my fellow bloggers are cooking for BM 74 .