Prep Time | 20 minutes |
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Ingredients
- Butter beans(Butter beans is sometimes called Lima beans) - 1 1/2 cups
- Onion - 2 nos
- Tomato - 1 no
- Ginger(garlic paste - 1 tsp) -
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Chilly powder - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
- Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
- Cloves(Grambu) - 4 nos
- Cardamom(discard the seeds, Elakka) - 3 nos
- Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 1 inch
- Oil - 3 tbsp
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Coriander leaves (for garnishing) -
- Salt(As reqd) -
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Instructions
- Soak the butter beans for about 6 hours.
- Pressure cook the beans for 2 whistles.
- Heat the oil in a tawa.
- Add the chopped onions and fry till they turn light brown.
- Allow the contents of the tawa to cool.
- In a mixer, add the tomato and tawa contents and blend to a coarse paste.
- Add the paste back to the tawa and now add the tumeric, chilly, coriander and garam masala powders and fry for about 5 mins.
- :- The raw smell of the masala should go.
- Cook for about 5 mins till the gravy thickens.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- :- Its got a wonderful buttery taste and goes well with chapattis and rice.
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