Sem Aloo ki Subzi / Broad Beans and Potato stir fry
Sem aloo Ki Sabzi-/Hyacinth beans/broad beans and potato stir fry - cooked the North Indian way.
Servings: 4 person
Ingredients
- 250 gms Sem Phali /Broad beans/ Avaraikai
- 2 medium Potatoes / Aloo
- 1 small Tomato / Tamatar chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger / Adrak chopped
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
- 1 tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
- to taste Salt / Namak
Tempering /tadka
- 2.5 TBSP Mustard Oil / Sarson ka tel
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/3 tsp Carom Seeds / Ajwain
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 1 tsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
Instructions
- Wash the beans,chop the ends and then de-String the broad beans by pulling with your fingers or use with a potato or carrot peeler
- Then tear open from one side(this is important) and check for any worm or rotten seeds and then chop into medium size pieces.
- Discard the hard black (as they are hard to cook and sometimes bitter in taste) and use white and green seeds only.
- Peel and chop potatoes into medim size pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan and add the tempering,when become golden add turmeric and chopped potato and beans.
- Stir and add salt and cover and cook for approx 3 minutes.
- Open the lid and add in ginger and tomatoes,mix cover and cook till almost cooked.(keep stiring in between)
- Now add all the remaining spices and coconut,mix,cover and cook for 1 minute or till cooked completely.
- Serve hot with rice or chapati/ any Indian Bread or daal -rice combo