Its not a very pleasant looking bean but it packed with a lot of fibre and nutrients like most good looking vegetables don't have. Today’s recipe is beans cooked in mustard seed paste(besara), a very basic recipe in odia kitchen...Hope this recipe helps all you broad bean haters will definitely love this....so lets go to do the traditional odia simba rai.....
INGREDIENTS:
- Simba(broad beans)-200 gm
- Potato(aalu)-2 medium size.
- Mixed masala (1-onion.8-garlic cloves,1-piece of ginger,1/4 tsp cumin seeds,1 tsp mustard seeds,4-red chili ).
- Phutana(cumin seed+mustard seed+fenugreek seed)-1/2 tsp.
- Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp.
- Salt to taste.
- Mustard oil-3-4 tsp.
PREPARATION:
- Wash the beans & potato,cut beans & potato into lengthwise pieces..
- Heat oil in a pan,add phutana,when it starts spluttering,add mixed masala,beans & potato,turmeric powder,salt stir it,then add 1/2 cup water.
- Cover it with a lid & allow it to boil 5-10 min in low flame.
- Open the lid,fry till water evaporated(add oil if required).
- Serve hot with steamed rice/pakhala.
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