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Beans in Peanut Sauce

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I’m not normally a fan of French beans, but I invariably pick up these beans because they look so green and fresh that I just cant walk away before buying atleast a quarter kilo of them. Recently, I tasted a curry made with these beans at one of my friends place and decided to make it a regular everyday curry at our home. There are certain recipes which bring out the flavor of the vegetable being cooked, taste as though its one of the most exotic foods ever.

French beans cooked in peanut sauce

Very easy, quick to prepare and not to mention delicious, this recipe involves the preparation of a paste with roasted peanuts, coriander seeds, cumin, cardamom and cinnamon which is combined with steamed beans and sauted onions. These beans in peanut sauce make for a wonderful curry with both rice and rotis. A delectable combination.

French beans, curry leaves, onions, green chillis, peanut sauce, red chillis, garlic, cumin

French Beans in Peanut Sauce Recipe

Recipe source: Friend

Prep & Cooking: 30 mts

Cuisine: South Indian

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Ingredients:

1/4 kgs stringed and chopped french beans

2 medium onions, finely chopped

2-3 slit green chillis

2-3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 tbsp coriander seeds

2 dried red chillis

1 tsp cumin seeds

1″ cinnamon (dalchini)

2 cardamoms (elaichi)

1/4 cup roasted peanuts

salt to taste

1 tbsp oil

1 Steam the chopped beans, dont make them too soft and mushy.
2 Dry roast cumin seeds (1/2 tsp), coriander seeds, cardamom and cinnamon for a minute. Don’t burn the spices. Cool and grind them along with roasted peanuts and enough water to make a thick paste.
3 Heat oil in a cooking vessel and add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds and let them brown a bit, add the dry red chillis, curry leaves, crushed garlic and green chillis and toss them for a few seconds.
4 Add the chopped onions and saute them till transparent.
5 Add the steamed beans and salt and cook covered on medium heat for 4-5 mts.
6 Add the ground peanut paste and combine it well and cook covered for 2-3 mts. Turn off heat.
7 Serve with hot chapatis or white steamed rice.

Beans curry with white rice

Note:

Garlic is optional. You can use lima beans too.

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By sailu • Nov 2nd, 2006 • Category: All Recipes, Curries & Gravies, South Indian Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

28 Responses »

  1. Faffer on November 2nd, 2006 at 8:56 am:

    Hi Sailu,

    Good to have you back in full swing. This is an interesting recipe. My beans repertoire is limited to poriyal and occasionally sambar, this dish looks like a good one to add to that. Btw, I tried your mint pulav recently and I LOVED it. I added some soy chunks for protein and it made for a wholesome meal.

    Best wishes.

    I’m glad you enjoyed the pulav. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the bean curry too, Faffer.

  2. Jeff on November 2nd, 2006 at 10:37 am:

    Great pic’s today…they make beans look super good though I’m still wary of them ;)

  3. Ashwini on November 2nd, 2006 at 11:15 am:

    Hi Sailu I tried your capsicum pulao and it was delicious. It works well as a one pot weekday meal and is also tasty enough to serve to vegetarian guests at parties.
    This beans dish is next on my list now!!

  4. shaheen on November 2nd, 2006 at 11:41 am:

    When did u get back.. Nice to see u posting again. and I like the variation on the beans.

  5. Latha on November 2nd, 2006 at 12:05 pm:

    Hmmmm yumm Sailu. Never thought of this combo. I usually make Capsicum this way. Will try this soon. I suppose it will taste good with Chapathis too.
    Cheers
    Latha

  6. Priya on November 2nd, 2006 at 12:46 pm:

    The idea of beans and peanuts together itself sounds good, I generally just do a plain stir fry with or without onions. Will try your recipe today itself since its my cooking turn in the apt and I have a pack of frozen french cut beans:-P Thank you :)

  7. Asha on November 2nd, 2006 at 2:35 pm:

    Beans with peanut sauce is new to me ,sounds and looks wonderful, Sailu! I will give it try!! Photo looks great!!

  8. Deepti on November 2nd, 2006 at 3:34 pm:

    Just tried your recipe,tastes wonderful.Great to see you back Sailu…Keep posting some more of your wonderful recipies!!!

  9. lakshmi on November 2nd, 2006 at 4:36 pm:

    Hi Sailaja, the dish looks so nice, thinking of preparing it right now, will let u know .

  10. Monisha on November 2nd, 2006 at 5:08 pm:

    The green of the dish looks so vivid, I would have a hard time as well walking away from a green beans that looked that good and healthy as well!

  11. lakshmi on November 2nd, 2006 at 7:32 pm:

    Hi Sailu,
    Prepared it for dinner, nice taste. There’s a slight difference which we prepare, i’ll blog it someday.
    Thanks for a nice recipe.

  12. MenuToday on November 3rd, 2006 at 2:37 am:

    Hi Sailu,
    Nice variation to beans curry.Thanks for sharing..

  13. sravanthi on November 3rd, 2006 at 8:05 am:

    Hi Sailu! Unusual curry, inspired by anything Thai? Thanks for stopping by my blog.

  14. shilpa on November 3rd, 2006 at 10:06 am:

    That looks like a very nice dish Sailu. Even I am not a fan of beans, but still I buy them always :). I will try this dish soon. Thanks.

  15. Prreetii on November 3rd, 2006 at 12:10 pm:

    Hi Sailu

    Its really nice to see you active in the blogs once again..All these days,I used to peep at the blogs and read what the wonderful people were putting up but was secretly missing your recipes and the andhra touch.My face has lit up once again.Thanks for the wonderful posts.

  16. supriya on November 4th, 2006 at 1:35 pm:

    hi Sailu,
    im so happy to see that u r bk with a bang:) Love ur blog… im a veggi and hope to see more andhra veggi recipes:)
    happy blogging
    cheers

  17. supriya on November 4th, 2006 at 1:36 pm:

    hey… i use capsicum and almost all the ingredients are same… will try with beans next time:)

  18. Vinaya on November 5th, 2006 at 4:01 am:

    Hello Sailu (or should I say,Sailaja-I love that name)

    I came across your site recently while searching for something on the internet.Your recipes are simply gorgeous,typical andhra.I am from vizag too,and the beans curry that you have prepared is one of my healthful favourites.I tasted it first at my pinni’s place where I was studying for my PG.You have brought back some beautiful memories for me.Thanks for posting the recipe here,will try it out soon and let you know.

  19. GEETHA on November 8th, 2006 at 5:27 am:

    HI SAILU,

    GOOD TO SEE UR RECIPES AND WITH PHOTOS.
    I LIKE NEW RECIPES. I WILL TRY UR RECIPES.

  20. Krithika on November 8th, 2006 at 11:30 am:

    This is a delicious beans subzi. Thanks for sharing

  21. Chaitanya on November 13th, 2006 at 2:58 pm:

    Thanks for the recipe. I prepared it yesterday. It tastes nice.

  22. Manju Bansal on November 13th, 2006 at 11:25 pm:

    Hi!!

    It’s a new idea. I liked it. Adding peanut is quite interesting.’
    I will try this.

  23. Shanti on December 5th, 2006 at 11:41 am:

    Hi Sailu,

    I tried this recipe a couple of days and it turned out just delicious. I liked it so much. I always used to fry beans withh various combinations. But this is completely new and tastes so yummy. I like ur site and keep coming back for the new recipes. Nice work.

  24. Dev on December 15th, 2006 at 12:09 am:

    Sailu, That was another fantastic recipe from you… I tried it with long beans today & it was sooo delicious… Thanks a lot for the recipe…:)

  25. yashwant on December 20th, 2006 at 4:07 pm:

    hi sailu,i tried it really came very well.

  26. dhana on December 20th, 2006 at 11:53 pm:

    Hi Sailu,

    I tried your beans with peanut sauce, it is delicious, actually
    i don’t like beans but after trying your recipe I started liking.
    Thanks for the recipe.

  27. Subashini on January 13th, 2007 at 3:10 pm:

    Sailu,
    You must be a very creative person ! Not only are your recipes well thought out and interesting, your site looks neat and the pics are amazing ! Truly great work :-)

  28. adetoun on October 23rd, 2007 at 7:04 am:

    you have done a good job keep it up

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