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Double Beans Curry Recipe
Double beans are very commonly used in gujarati cuisine, as the sole star of a recipe or to support other vegetables. However, there is a twist in this version of double beans curry as i have enriched it with a spicy punjabi style masala instead of the down-to-earth spices used by gujaratis.
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 25 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 cup rangoon na vaal with skin soaked overnight, broad field beans
- 2 cups roughly chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp ghee
- salt to taste
For The Paste
- 2 medium sized onions
- 5-6 garlic cloves lehsun
- 6 whole dry kashmiri red chillies broken into pieces
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds dhania
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds jeera
- 2 tsp Poppy seeds khus-khus
- 4-5 black peppercorns kalimirch
- 25 cinnamon dalchini
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For The Paste
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Instructions
For the paste
- Burn the onions (with the skin on) on an open flame until black.
- Cool slightly, remove the outer skin of the onions.
- Combine the onions with all the remaining ingredients and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste using a little water. Keep aside.
How to proceed
- Drain the soaked rangoon na vaal, add 1½ cups of water and salt and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside.
- Combine the tomatoes and ½ cup of water in a deep non-stick pan and cook on a medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes or till the tomatoes turn soft. Keep aside to cool slightly.
- Blend in a mixer to a smooth pulp and strain using a strainer. Keep aside.
- Heat the ghee in a kadhai, add the prepared paste and sauté on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add the cooked rangoon na vaal, prepared tomato pulp and salt and cook on a medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Serve hot.