Beans masala curry

Ingredients :

• Fresh beans - 1 / 4 k. g. [ cut in to small pieces ]
• Potatoes - 2 to 3 [ boil peel and dice in to small cubes ]
• Cumin seeds - 1/ 2 sp
• Oil - 2 tabl. sps.
• Salt -  as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/ 2 sp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder - 1/ 2 sp
• Sugar - 1 / 4 sp
• Coriander leaves - little

Grind together :

• Onions - 2
• garlic - 2 flakes
• Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece
• Black pepper - 1 / 4 tsp
• Dry red chilli - 3 to 4
• Cinnamon- 1 / 2 inch piece
• Cloves - 2
• Cardamom - 1

[ grind all together and form a smooth paste. ]


Grind two big tomatoes, make a thick  purie and keep aside.

Method :

Take one small presssure cooker, heat oil, season with cumin seeds. Add  ground  masala and  fry till golden brown. Then add tomato purie, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, garam masala powder,  and  sugar. Mix well and add beans and dice potatoes with 1 /2 glass of water. Mix well and close the cooker and wait for 2 whistle to come. Remove from the gas, after the pressure goes open the cooker. Serve with pulkas, and parathas. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Note :
other vegetables that can be used in same method . 

Tomato Garlic Thokku Recipe

Ingredients :

• Onions - 3 to 4 [ peel and  chopped ]
• Red big tomatoes - 1 / 2 k. g. [ cut in to small pieces ]
• Garlic flakes - 5 to 6 [ peel and smashed ]
• Oil [ til oil ] - 5 table spoon
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Red chilli powder - 3 to tbl. sps.
• Sugar - 1 / 2 sp

For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1 sp
• Asafoetida - 1 / 2 sp

Method :

Take one deep bottom kadai, heat till oil  and put mustard seeds, when it crackles add asafoetida. Wait for a while and add chopped onions to that and fry for 5 mints in low flame. When the onion change in to light brown colour, add tomatoes to that. Mix salt, turmeric, chilli powder and little sugar. Fry for 10 mints till the tomatoes become soft. This time add garlic to that, fry for some more time. When the thokku becomes thick and oil leaves the side remove from the gas. When cooled, fill in a bottle and store. It goes well with roti, hot ghee rice, iddlies and dosas.