Beans are very high in protein and fiber but low in fat. They have been proven to be a major player in the fight against cancer. Beyond that, they are beneficial to those with diabetes, and help lower cholesterol. Val bean are rarely cooked at my house, this is a chetinadu style val bean gravy.
Mochakottai Kuzhambu / Val beans Gravy
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
- Val beans / Mochakottai – 1/2 cup
- Oil – 1/4 cup
- Mustard – 1/2 tsp
- Fenugreek Seed – 1/2 tsp
- Cumin Seed – 1/4 tsp
- Onion – 1 no
- Garlic – 10 nos
- Red Chili powder – 3 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Cumin powder – 1tsp
- Turmeric – 1/4 tsp
- Salt – as required
- Tamarind – 1 lemon size
- To Grind:
- Tomato – 4 nos
- Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
- Curry leaves – 2 strands
Instructions
PREP:
- Soak Val beans for abt 8 hrs and pressure cook for 2 whistles with water 2 cups and salt. Soak Tamarind in 2 cups of water and extract juice. chop onions and garlic. Grind the items given in to Grind Section.
COOKING:
- In a pan heat oil. When hot add mustard, fenugreek, cumin. When the mustard crackles add chopped onion and garlic and fry till onion turns brown. Add the ground paste and cook till the raw smell leaves. Add Red Chili powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, Turmeric and fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the tamarind juice and cooked Val beans and allow it to boil till the raw smell from tamarind juice leaves and oil separates.
TIPS:
- Use Sesame Oil for better taste with tamarind.
(*) Goes good with steamed white rice.
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I just made val bean curry …will post about it soon
I love your recipe too will try it the next time
Val is very commonly done at my moms .. I get bored to remove the covering don’t you do it in your recipe?
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Thanks Savi !!
This is the first time,i’m trying this mochaikottai.Today,i made this and kept in Hubby’s lunch box.(whenever i’m trying new things,i wont open my mouth until he comments).so,i was wondering about his comments.He called me and asked me, “Aen ivlo naal a nee idha seiyalai nu?oh my god,he loved it….
I have also tried Soyachunks Kaima,kathrikkai karakulambu too.All these came out very well.Thanks Sashi
Wow …this looks tempting!!! I just bumped into ur site today…while searching for betroot recipes…you have got good collection of recipes and the photos make them all so tempting :-)
Sharada, thanks for those sweet words. hope u enjoyed the recipes.