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Butter Beans Curry

Nutritious, yummy and easy to make curry
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups Butter beans Butter beans is sometimes called Lima beans
  • 2 nos Onion
  • 1 no Tomato
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Chilly powder
  • 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
  • 4 nos Cloves Grambu
  • 3 nos Cardamom discard the seeds, Elakka
  • 1 inch Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • Coriander leaves for garnishing
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • Soak the butter beans for about 6 hours.
  • Pressure cook the beans for 2 whistles.
  • Heat the oil in a tawa.
  • Fry the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon for a few mins.
  • Add the chopped onions and fry till they turn light brown.
  • Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mins.
  • 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.
  • Add the butter beans, 1/2 cup of water and salt.
  • 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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