Beans Masala curry

Ingredients:

1. Beans - 200g
2. Onion - 1 big
3. Garlic/ginger-2(chopped)
4. curryleaves/mustard/urid dal for seasoning
5. cilantro for garnish

     To grind:

1. Cashews - 3
2. ginger- a small piece
3. garlic - 5
4. cloves/cinnamon/elachi- 2 each
5. cus cus - a couple of pinches
6. coconut ground - 3 tsp
7. red chillies - depends upon your spice level
8. Mustard - 1/4 tsp

 Method:

    First grind all the ingredients mentioned above on the "To Grind" section with little water and make a fine paste.

     In a pan, add oil and then mustard, urid dal, curry leaves and let the mustard pop. Then add the onions and saute it till it turns color and then add the beans and saute it too. Then add the ground paste and a little water and salt and let it cook till the oil separtes.  Goes well with chappati. 

Can substitute chicken for beans too.... Nice yummy dish.... Try it and let me know....

MUTTON MUNDHIRI MELAGU VARUVAL (LAMB CASHEW AND PEPPER FRY)

Ingredients:

1. Mutton -1/2 kg ,
2. Cashews - 100 g
3. Pepper pwd - 4tsp
4. Onion - 200 g
5. Tomato-200g
6. Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
7. Green chillies - to ur spice level
8. Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
9. Chilli pwd - 2 tsp
10. Cumin/Dhaniya pwd - 3 tsp
11. Jeera pwd - 1/2 tsp
12. curry leaves - to taste
13. Sombu - 1tsp
14. Curd - 1/2 cup
15. Oil & salt

Method:

Put the pressure cooker in the stove and add  the mutton along with onion, tomato, turmeric pwd, chilliepwd,thaniya pwd,curd, green chillies,gingergarlic paste, Jeera pwd, salt,
Add water until the mutton soaks and Close the cooker then cook it till  3 whistles in the high flame and 5 min in the simmer flame.

Then in a Kadai/Sauce pan add oil and add saute sombu, curryleaves and add the mutton ingredients in the cookes in the kadai and keep stirring it at regular intervals. Then add cashews and pepper powder,and cilantro on the top and stir it once and viola!!!! cashew pepper curry is ready....

Try it and pls post ur comments......

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Hello friends,

        This is the blog especially dedicated to our home town receipes... which is " Enga maruthai"......
ha ha ha... with a little touch of our originality and taste preferences...... So Enjoy reading the blog.... and try it if  you like the receipes....