Potato Beans Curry/ Fry (South Indian Style)

South Indian curries/ fries have unique flavour. Generally when you attend South Indian weddings or other major functions, you are bound to find a curry which has flavour similar to this. After a while, I came across the recipe and wasted no time in noting down the ingredients used and the method.

Vegetables

3 potatoes chopped into cubes

1 cup of beans chopped lengthwise

To be dry roasted and powdered

1 tsp coriander seeds

1 tsp u.dal

1 tsp chana daal

2 red chillies broken into halves

Also

1 tbsp cooking oil

Salt to taste

One sprig of curry leaves

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

Hing

Turmeric powder

Method

1) Dry roast coriander seeds, Urad dal, Chana dal  and red chillies low flame (without adding oil).

2) Once aroma starts filling the kitchen and the mixture turns slightly brown in colour, remove it and place in a container allowing it to cool down.

3) Grind the mixture coarsely and keep it aside.

4) Take a pan and add cooking oil to it. Add mustard seeds and once it crackles, add curry leaves, the beans. After 5 mts, add potatoes.

5) Now add the powdered mixture to it and stir in such a way that the veggies are coated with the mixture. Add salt to it and turmeric powder. Fry it till it gets cooked. Ensure that it gets cooked completely.

6) Serve as a side dish with rice and sambar/ rasam / koottu or other gravy.

Note: Success of  this recipe depends upon how well you roast and cook the veggies. They must get cooked, be dry and easily separated from each other. to get this, fry the vegetables at a slow flame and close the pan with a lid. Stir every 5 mts to ensure that vegetables do not stick to the bottom of the pan.