Name: Butter Beans Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Butter beans (Butter beans is sometimes called Lima beans); 2 nos Onion; 1 no Tomato; Ginger (garlic paste - 1 tsp); 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder; 4 nos Cloves (Grambu); 3 nos Cardamom (discard the seeds, Elakka); 1 inch Cinnamon (Karugapatta); 3 tbsp Oil; 1/2 cup Water; Coriander leaves for garnishing; Salt (As reqd)

Butter Beans Curry

Nutritious, yummy and easy to make curry

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Butter beans Butter beans is sometimes called Lima beans
2 nos Onion
1 no Tomato
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
4 nos Cloves Grambu
3 nos Cardamom discard the seeds, Elakka
1 inch Cinnamon Karugapatta
3 tbsp Oil
1/2 cup Water
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Soak the butter beans for about 6 hours.
Pressure cook the beans for 2 whistles.
Heat the oil in a tawa.
Fry the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon for a few mins.
Add the chopped onions and fry till they turn light brown.
Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mins.
Allow the contents of the tawa to cool.
In a mixer, add the tomato and tawa contents and blend to a coarse paste.
Add the paste back to the tawa and now add the tumeric, chilly, coriander and garam masala powders and fry for about 5 mins.
:- The raw smell of the masala should go.
Add the butter beans, 1/2 cup of water and salt.
Cook for about 5 mins till the gravy thickens.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
:- Its got a wonderful buttery taste and goes well with chapattis and rice.

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Butter Beans Curry