AVREKALU (HYACINTH BEANS) CURRY

Ingredients:
Avrekalu 1 cup
Fresh coconut 1/2 cup
Medium size Garlic 1
Ginger 2 inch
cinnamon sticks 2 to 3 medium size
cloves 2
Pineapple flower 2
Coriander leaves
Onion 2
Tomato 2
Red chilli powder 2 tbsp
Salt
Turmeric 1tsp

Method:
Peel off the skin of hyacinth beans. Soak the beans in cold water for 3 hrs. Peel the outer skin of beans. Now the beans are ready for cooking.
Fry onion, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, pineapple flower with oil till it turns golden brown.Grind this with fresh coconut and coriander leaves.Add water to make a fine paste.
Grind tomatoes to make puree. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a deep utensil.You can add methi leaves(your choice) OR Avrekalu. fry for 2 min in oil.Add the grind ed paste and tomato puree. Add red chilli powder, salt,turmeric.allow it to cook for 5 mins.Now add required quantity of water preferring your choice to make it curry or sambar. cook for 15 mins stirring once in 4 mins.Be careful while stirring,or the beans tends to broke very easily.Do not overcook otherwise it looses its taste.
Serve the curry with paratha or chapati.
This curry goes very well with Dosa.
The above photo shows Avrekalu Curry with Aloo methi paratha.
For Recipe of Aloo methi paratha visit my earlier posts.

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