Green Bean Corn And Coconut Stir Fry Thoren Recipes

GREEN BEAN AND COCONUT STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Stir together the coconut, curry powder, cayenne and 1/4 cup of water in a small bowl.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the cumin and garlic until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add the beans and a splash of water. Cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add the coconut mixture and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more.

GREEN BEAN, CORN, AND COCONUT STIR-FRY (THOREN)

Steps:

• Stir together coconut, cumin, coriander, cayenne, turmeric, chile, garlic, 1/4 cup water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small bowl.
• Heat oil in a wok or 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then cook mustard seeds and red pepper flakes until mustard seeds begin to pop and/or turn gray. Add curry leaves (if using), covering skillet immediately as they crackle for a few seconds.
• Add green beans and corn and stir-fry 8 minutes. Add coconut mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, 8 to 10 minutes. If mixture becomes dry and begins to stick to bottom of wok, add a few tablespoons water. Season with salt.

STIR-FRIED GREEN BEANS WITH COCONUT

Steps:

• Combine the oil, yellow split peas, and mustard seeds, if using, in a large wok, kadai, or frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until the split peas turn golden brown. 1 to 2 minutes. (Cover if using mustard seeds-they pop and splatter-and cook until you hear them crackle.)
• Add the urad dal, chiles, curry leaves, if using, and cumin and cook uncovered, stirring, 1 more minute. (Stand back if using curry leaves; they spit when they hit the oil.)
• Add the asafoetida, if using, and 1/4 cup of the coconut and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Add the beans and salt and cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining 1/4 cup coconut, the saambhar or rasam powder, if using, and the water. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook until the beans are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Uncover and cook, stirring often, until all of the water has evaporated, about 5 more minutes. Taste for salt and serve hot.

GREEN BEAN & CORN MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute beans and corn in butter and oil until tender. Stir in the thyme, salt and pepper.

ACHINGYA THOREN (KERALA STYLE GREEN BEAN CURRY)

Steps:

• Finely chop 5 of the curry leaves (1 bay leaf not chopped), and put in a medium bowl. Add coconut, cumin, cayenne, turmeric, and garlic, and mix well.
• Add enough water (about 7 tbsp) to make coconut mixture moist enough to just hold together when pinched between thumb and forefinger, then set aside.
• Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat. Add mustard seeds and rice, and fry until mustard seeds pop, about 2 minutes. Add chiles, fry for a few seconds, and carefully add remaining 10 curry leaves (3 bay leaves). Be careful - leaves will spatter when they hit the hot oil.
• When leaves have crackled but are still green, about 30 seconds, add green beans, salt, and 2 tbsp water, and stir to mix well. Cook, stirring often, until beans begin to soften yet are still slightly crunchy, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in reserved coconut mixture, and cook, stirring often, until beans are tender, about 5 minutes more. Add salt to taste.
• Do not eat curry or bay leaves - remove as you find them.

GREEN BEANS THORAN (GREEN BEANS WITH COCONUT)

Steps:

• Wash, string beans if necessary, make several bundles (for convenience) and slice them crosswise into 1/4-inch segments.
• Coarsely grind the shallots, green chilies, garlic, coconut, cumin and turmeric in a food processor or blender, and set to one side.
• Place the oil in a wok or large skillet, which has a lid, and heat over a medium-high flame.
• Add the mustard seeds and rice, and stir and saute for a few seconds until the mustard seeds begin to pop and splutter and the rice swells and turns golden.
• Add the curry leaves and red chili, and after a few more seconds, when the chilli swells and darkens, add the green beans.
• Continue to stir and fry for 2-3 minutes, then roughly pile them into a mound in the cooking vessel.
• Form a hole in the center of the mound and place within it the coarsely ground spices.
• Now cover over the spices with some of the beans, season with salt, and add the water to the pan.
• Immediately cover with a lid, reduce the heat to low, and cook approximately 10 minutes until the beans are tender.
• Mix all the ingredients together well, and serve hot.