Double Beans Podi Curry Recipe | Lima Beans Curry

Double Beans also known as Lima Beans are of two types. One is white and the other is purple. Here I have made a dish with the white variety. Since I have used the dried beans, I soaked it overnight. If you have fresh double beans, you can skip it. Recipe for double beans podi curry is below.

Double Beans Podi Curry

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish for lunch

Soaking Time: 8 hours | Cooking Time: 25 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Double Beans - 1/2 cup

Channa dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tblspn

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Coriander seeds / dhaniya - 1 tblspn

Dry red chilli - 3

Coconut - 2 tblspn

Salt - to taste

To Temper:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Red chilli - 1, broken

Curry leaves - a sprig

Oil - 2 tblspn

Method:

Soak the double beans in water 8 hours. Drain the water and take it in a pressure cooker. Cook the beans adding little salt and water for 4 whistles or till it becomes soft.

Meanwhile, in a pan, drizzle little oil. Roast the coriander seeds, channa dal, urad dal, cumin seeds and red chilli over low flame. Once it becomes to change color, add coconut and saute for a minute. Cool it and blend it to a smooth powder.

In the same vessel, heat little oil and crackle some mustard seeds. Once mustard seeds begin to pop, add in broken red chilli and curry leaves.

Then, add the cooked beans and saute for a couple of minutes. To this, add the prepared powder, turmeric and salt to to taste. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes and put off the flame.(You can also add little water and cook on slow flame for few minutes to avoid the raw smell of the coriander seeds)

Serve!

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Soak the double beans overnight

Drain the water and take it in a pressure cooker. Cook for 3 whistles adding salt and little water

In a pan, drizzle little oil. Roast the coriander seeds, channa dal, urad dal and red chilli

When it begin to change color, add coconut and saute for a minute

Grind it to a smooth powder

The beans is cooked now

In the same pan, pour little oil and crackle mustard seeds, followed by broken red chilli and curry leaves

Then, add the cooked beans(you can also chop them into small pieces). Saute for a minute

Add in ground powder

turmeric

and little salt. (We have have already cooked the beans with dal.)

Saute for 3 to 4 minutes and put off the flame. You can add little water and cook till it becomes dry to avoid raw smell of coriander seeds.

Serve!