Indian Broad Beans Curry | Avarakkai Poriyal
Indian broad beans curry or avarakkai poriyal is a simple stir-fry with peanuts but without coconut. Serve this with rice or roti for a delicious meal.
Servings: 4
Calories: 106kcal
Ingredients
- 5 cups Indian Broad Beans chopped and loosely packed
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp whole urad dal
- ½ tsp chana dal
- ½ cup onion chopped
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup peanuts crushed roughly
- 2 tsp lime/lemon juice
Instructions
- Cook the broad beans in your preferred way. I steamed it in Instant Pot.
- Add the chopped broad beans to the steamer rack. Add 1 cup of water to the inner pot and place the trivet. Then keep the steamer basket with the broad beans on the trivet and close the lid. Make sure the vent is in the sealing position.
- Press the manual or the pressure cook button and set the cooking time to two minutes at high pressure.
- When the IP beeps, wait for five minutes and then move the vent to the venting positing and release the pressure quickly.
- Carefully open the lid and take the steamer basket out.
- Heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, and hing.
- When the mustard seeds splutter, add the chopped onion and garlic and saute until the onion turns translucent. I missed taking the picture here.
- Then add the beans, salt, and red chili powder. Mix well, and you may notice salt oozing out some water. It is normal. Cook until all the moisture is absorbed for about 4 to 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Now add semi-crushed peanuts. I used raw peanuts and pulsed them roughly. Mix thoroughly and turn off the heat. Finally, add the lemon or lime juice and mix.
- Serve hot with rice or roti. I served with rice.
Notes
- Instead of Indian broad beans, you can use snow peas, and the recipe comes out well. If you are using snow peas, you can cook it open pot as it cooks faster or steam in Instant Pot for zero minutes.
- I used raw peanuts. But you can use roasted but unsalted peanuts. If you are using salted peanuts, then adjust the salt measure.
- I went with simple spices. All I used here is red chili powder. But you can add sambar powder or rasam powder to spice up the curry.
- As always, adjust the salt and spices according to your preference.
Nutrition
Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 592mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 316IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg