This easy Vegan Beans Poriyal aka Stir-fry Beans is just so delicious!

Sometimes Simple food is at its best. We often enjoy simple Poriyal’s at home that is seasoned well with simple spices. This delicious Beans Poriyal is often served with Sambar or Rasam and Rice at home. But you may enjoy them as a side dish for Chapathi’s too.

So,

what is Poriyal?

Poriyal is a SouthIndian Stir Fry dish where the Vegetables are added to the seasoning and topped with grated coconut { as much as you like }. Poriyal is also known as Podtuval or even Curry.
This poriyal can be made with other vegetables like Cabbage, Beetroot, Pumpkin, Mixed Vegetable, Carrots and what not.

I have already shared recipes for the

Cabbage Peas Poriyal
Beetroot Poriyal | Beetroot Podutuval
Pumpkin Curry

These recipes are authentic Palakkad Tamil Brahmin Recipes.. Something that is made in routine in our house!

Watching Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minutes programme actually taught me to chop the French beans with ease. I often buy 250g of packets of Beans. So the easiest way to trim the edges is to hold the packet tight and trim the edges with plastic. By this you will have the trimmed edges gone with the plastic. How easy does it sound.

Once you cut the beans into small pieces, the rest of steps are just easy as pie.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO make Beans Poriyal KERALA STYLE

Coconut Oil { Any other oil will also do }
Freshly grated coconut { You can easily buy them in any indian store in the frozen section }
Green chilli { Optional }
Basic Seasoning/ Tempering ingredients – Mustard Seeds, Asafoetida, Urad Dal, Dried red chilli,Curry Leaves
Turmeric
Salt

That is it!!

HOW TO MAKE FRENCH BEANS PORIYAL

Name: BEANS PORIYAL | HOW TO MAKE FRENCH BEANS PORIYAL | BEANS CURRY
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 People
Ingredients: 400 g French Beans (Washed and cut into small pieces); 1 Green Chilly; 2 Tbsp Fresh Grated Coconut; 1/2 Tsp Turmeric; Salt to taste; 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil; 1 Tsp Mustard Seeds; 1/2 Tsp Split Black Gram (Also known as Urad Dal); 1 sprig 10 No’s of Curry Leaves; 3 Dried Red Chilly

BEANS PORIYAL | HOW TO MAKE FRENCH BEANS PORIYAL | BEANS CURRY

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

This simple Beans Poriyal recipe is made with french beans, coconut and tempering spices.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian, Palakkad

Keyword: curry, poriyal

Servings: 4 People

Author: Sandhya Hariharan

Ingredients

400 g French Beans Washed and cut into small pieces
1 Green Chilly
2 Tbsp Fresh Grated Coconut
1/2 Tsp Turmeric
Salt to taste

Seasoning

1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
1 Tsp Mustard Seeds
1/2 Tsp Split Black Gram Also known as Urad Dal
1 sprig 10 No’s of Curry Leaves
3 Dried Red Chilly

Instructions

Heat Oil in a Deep Bottom Pan and add mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add split black gram, curry leaves and saute for 25 seconds. Add French Beans, Turmeric, Salt, just about 1/2 Cup of water and cook on medium flame, covered until tender.
Grind Coconut along with green chillies in a blender and add the coconut mixture to Beans Poriyal. If you would like it plain, omit the green chillies in this step and just add grated coconut.
Serve Hot French Beans Poriyal along with Sambar and Rice .

Recipe Notes

If you enjoy a little extra heat, add one more green chilly while grinding. For a variation, add finely chopped onion in the initial step.