Kerala Style Beans Stir Fry (Beans Mezhukkupuratti)

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Kerala style beans stir fry with spices, ginger, and garlic. This Beans Mezhukkupuratti or Beans Olathiyathu is a quick and healthy side dish that goes well with rice. Mezhukkupuratti is made with different vegetables and is very common at a Kerala home. And it's one of the side dishes for Kerala Onam Sadya.
For more Kerala style vegetable stir fry recipes, check out:

• Bitter Gourd Stir Fry
• Long Beans Stir Fry
• Beans Thoran

The Green Beans are also known by other names French beans or String beans. It's rich in vitamins and minerals.
For other Indian vegetarian recipes, check out:

Soya Chunks Dry
Cauliflower/Gobi masala
Mushroom masala

Kerala Style Beans Stir Fry (Beans Mezhukkupuratti)

Jane Jojo

Kerala style beans stir fry with spices, ginger, and garlic. This Beans Mezhukkupuratti is a quick and healthy side dish that goes well with rice. Mezhukkupuratti is made with different vegetables and is very common at a Kerala home. And it's one of the side dishes for Kerala Onam Sadya.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, kerala

Servings 4 people

Calories 48 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 500 gram Green beans (French Beans)
• ▢ ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• ▢ 2 number dried red chilli
• ▢ 1 sprig curry leaves
• ▢ 1 number onion (medium)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon ginger (crushed)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic (crushed)
• ▢ ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• ▢ 2 teaspoon chilli powder
• ▢ salt

Instructions

 

• Clean the beans. Trim off the string, a hard fibrous strand running the length of the pod. Slice beans into ½ inch long slices. Thinly slice onion.
• Heat oil in a skillet. Splutter mustard seeds and then add curry leaves and dried red chilli.
  
• Add chopped beans, sliced onions, ginger, garlic, turmeric powder, chilli powder, and salt. Add 2 teaspoon oil and stir it well until well combined. Cover and cook. Don't add water. It naturally has water in it, which releases while it gets cooked.
  
• Cook in medium heat. Stir it every 3-4 minutes. Otherwise, it can get burnt. Cook until until beans is done and soft. It might take around 15 - 20 minutes.
  
• Add salt if needed. Add 2-3 teaspoon oil, and saute it on medium high flame for around 5 minutes until it gets roasted (or fried) well. This step is really important for better taste. Serve with rice 🙂
  

Notes

Don't add water while cooking beans for better taste.

Nutrition

Serving: 155gCalories: 48kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 32mgPotassium: 308mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1326IUVitamin C: 26mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 2mg

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