This is one of my favorite recipes from Ramya. It was in 2002, I learnt this curry from her. It goes awesome with white rice. The french beans is the long tender beans. We get this from Sams club/Costco.
Ingredients for the curry:
Brinjals small - 10
Onions thin cut lengthwise - 1/4 cup
small onions - 10
tomatoes - 2 medium sized
cocunut - 3 tbsp
curry leaves - 8
tamarind - lemon sized
chilly powder - 2 tsp
garlic - 2 pieces
Preparation of the curry:
1. Cut the Brinjals removing the stem portion and just make 2 cuts such that the brinjals remain as a single piece
2. Grind the cocunut first and then add the small onions (Fry them in little oil before grinding), curry leaves, garlic, tomatoes and chilly powder.
3. Prepare the tamarind extract. (Immerse the tamarind in little water in a bowl and microwave it for 1 minute. Let it cool and then extract the juice and discard the remains)
4. Heat 3 tsp oil in a pan and add mustard, urad and the curry leaves
5. Next add the thin cut onions and fry til it turns translucent
6. Now add the paste from step 2
7. Next add the brinjals and cook with lid closed.
8. cook for 5 - 10 minutes until the paste is well cooked and the brinjals are almost cooked
9. Now add the tamarind juice prepared from step 3.
10 Add salt and cook until the oil separates.
2. Grind the cocunut first and then add the small onions (Fry them in little oil before grinding), curry leaves, garlic, tomatoes and chilly powder.
3. Prepare the tamarind extract. (Immerse the tamarind in little water in a bowl and microwave it for 1 minute. Let it cool and then extract the juice and discard the remains)
4. Heat 3 tsp oil in a pan and add mustard, urad and the curry leaves
5. Next add the thin cut onions and fry til it turns translucent
6. Now add the paste from step 2
7. Next add the brinjals and cook with lid closed.
8. cook for 5 - 10 minutes until the paste is well cooked and the brinjals are almost cooked
9. Now add the tamarind juice prepared from step 3.
10 Add salt and cook until the oil separates.
Preparation of the beans:
1. Cut the french beans and add enough water and microwave it for 10 minutes. (Add water just to cover the beans)
2. Boil the toor dal separate with little oil, cummin seeds and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.
3. In a separate pan heat little oil and add mustard, urad, curry leaves and the corriander leaves.
4. Add this stuff to the cooked dal along with salt and keep it aside.
5. In a pan, heat very little oil and add mustard, urad and curry leaves and add the beans done from step 1
6. Fry in medium flame. Let the water dry out.
7. Add the dal from Step 4. and keep stirr until the beans blends well with the dal and add required salt.
2. Boil the toor dal separate with little oil, cummin seeds and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.
3. In a separate pan heat little oil and add mustard, urad, curry leaves and the corriander leaves.
4. Add this stuff to the cooked dal along with salt and keep it aside.
5. In a pan, heat very little oil and add mustard, urad and curry leaves and add the beans done from step 1
6. Fry in medium flame. Let the water dry out.
7. Add the dal from Step 4. and keep stirr until the beans blends well with the dal and add required salt.
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