Yard-long beans
Yesterday at work, a psychologist in the department stopped me to ask, 'Excuse me, but are you Indian?' Now I know that's a perfectly reasonable question, but it never ceases to amuse me. I can't get my egomaniacal head around the fact that there might be people who can't recognize my nationality, or just don't want to assume. Anyway, I said yes, and she offered me a bagful of yard-long beans that grow in her backyard.
You can make this quick stir fry with french beans, or any other beans that you have growing around. :)
Ingredients:
2 cups beans, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1 tbsp oil
1 dried red chilli
1 tbsp grated coconut (fresh/frozen/dried)
1 tbsp mustard seeds/cumin seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp lime juice
- Heat the oil in a saute pan. Add the cumin/mustard seeds, red chilli, turmeric, and coconut, in that order. Saute for a few seconds and add the beans. Season with salt and pepper.
- Turn the heat to medium-low, cover and cook for five-eight minutes, stirring the beans around once or twice. Add the lime juice in the end and serve. If the beans get too dry/start to stick during cooking, sprinkle a spoonful of water.
We had these with flatbreads, but they are great with rice/served on toast.
Comments
You are Indian, eh? lol
PS: Savita loved the mango pickles :))
There is a woman in my psych class who looks like she could be the twin to Dr. Padman (from India ..shortened name because I can't remember how to spell full name) however ...she's not from India ...she's from Pakistan ...she LOOKS like she's from India, SOUNDS like she's from India ..but she's Pakistani.
She doesn't understand why people think she's from India, but she says even people from India think she's from India.
I was teasing her and asked her if she's looked at her passport to be sure. She said no, but she's looked in the mirror. ;o) (love this lady!) She's in my psych class, but teaches biology I may be taking it from her just cause I love listening to her accent.
(Sorry about the bad pun.)
I'll have to try the recipe. I think bean season is almost done out here (;_;) so I might not see them at the farmers' market anymore. But the grocery stores are full of California-grown beans. Yum!