Beans and potato are available throughout India and are used for preparing different main course dishes - stir frying, in sambars, vegetable currys with gravy etc. Posted here is a simple recipe for beans potato curry with a sauce prepared using milk and cashew.
- ease - moderate
- preparation time - 20 minute
- cooking time - 20 - 30 min
- Beans - 250 gms
- Popatoes - 2 medium
- Onions - 1 big
- Garlic - 5 cloves
- Kasuri methi - 2 spoons
- Milk - 1/2 cup
- Cashew nuts - 10
- Sabzi masala - 1 1/2 spoons
- Cumin - 1/2 spoon
- Oil - 2 spoons
- Turmeric - 1/2 spoon
- Salt - to taste ( 1 spoon)
- Coriander - 2 sprigs
- Wash and cut beans, potatoes and Onion as shown
- Chop garlic cloves, coriander
- Heat oil in a wok and add cumin seeds, followed by turmeric powder and onions,
- Saute onions till translucent.
- Add cut potatoes and beans and fry for 2 minutes
- Sprinkle little water, add salt mix and simmer covering the wok with a lid (see pic) for 10 minutes/till vegetables soften with occasional stirring
- Grind cashew, kasuri methi and subzi masala with little milk to a smooth paste and keep aside
- Add cashew paste to cooked vegetables and add rest of the milk. Mix thoroughly and cook for 1/2 a minute.
- Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with wheat rotis, phulkas
Beans and potato are available all through the year/every neighborhood vegetable shop. Go Grab some and try this mildly flavored veg curry
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