Mochakottai kara kuzhambu | Field beans curry | Lima Beans Gravy [No garlic recipe]

Cuisine Style: Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, South India | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Idli, Dosa, Rice, Chapathi | Type : Gravy, kulambu, curry, masala.

Ingredients

• Fresh mochakottai [Lima Beans] – 1 cup
• Sambar onion [shallots] – 6
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Tamarind water – ¼ cup
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Turmeric & red chilli powder – ½ tbsp
• Cumin powder – ½ tbsp [dry roast cumin seeds & grind]
• Coriander powder– ½ tbsp [dry roast coriander seeds & grind]
• Fenugreek powder – 1 tbsp [dry roast fenugreek seeds & grind]
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Jaggery – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Asafetida a pinch
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed
• Gingelly oil – 2 tbsp

For roasting and grinding

• Sambar Onion [shallots] – 7
• Tomato – 1 [sliced]
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal -1/2 tbsp
• Coconut – ¼ cup
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Coriander – 1 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Heat oil in a pan then roast all ingredients then finely grind with ¼ cup of water

Method

• Wash and boil mochakottai for 5 min.
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds. Once its spluttered add Bengal gram and urad dal. Then add onion sauté till soft.
• Add dry red chilli, curry leaves, asafetida and fenugreek powder sauté gently. Then add boiled mochakottai, salt, turmeric and red powder mix well.
• Add ground paste mix well & add water cook till raw smell out. Then add coriander & cumin powder mix well then add tamarind water leave it for boil.
• When boiling add jaggery and gingelly oil mix well & cut off heat. Serve hot with rice, dosa, idli, chapthi.