Avarakkai Curry Recipe

Avarakkai curry recipe, broad beans cooked in an onion tomato base, a dry curry for south Indian lunch. Tangy, delicious curry without coconut. The cooking method is shown step by step into the pictures.

Avarakkai Curry

Avarakkai Curry Recipe

We always make Avarakkai Poriyal simply with coconut, moong dal as we make most of the Poriyals. I recently posted Avarakkai stir fry with black pepper in south Indian style. I recently tried Avarakkai curry in an onion tomato base, thought of sharing the recipe here too.
Usually, I add sambar powder in the regular cooking menu such as sambar, Kuzhambu, Poriyal, and curry. The same way used my sambar powder in this curry. If you do not have curry powder or sambar powder, you can use mild spiced red chili powder and coriander powder in place of it.

Also for tempering, mustard and urad dal is used, if you like or use fennel seeds (samba) you can also use 1/2 tsp of fennel seeds while tempering for a flavourful twist.

Ingredients For Avarakkai Curry Recipe

Avarakkai curry recipe, broad beans cooked in an onion tomato base, a dry curry for south Indian lunch. Tangy, delicious curry without coconut. Stepwise pictures recipe.

• 2 cups Avarakkai, broad beans (chopped)
• 1 Onion
• 2 Tomato
• 1 tsp Sambar powder (heaped)
• ¼ tsp Turmeric
• Salt – as needed
• 2 tsp Oil

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To Temper

• 1 tbsp Oil
• ½ tsp Mustad
• 1 tsp Urad Dal
• 1 sprig Curry leaves

Cooking Method For Avarakkai Curry Recipe

1. First using a paring knife, cut the top/ tail and eliminate the excess fiber. Check for any worms/insects by holding the Avarakkai against the light.
2. Repeat to finish and wash the broad beans properly.
3. Cut into small pieces, a bit larger than we chop for Poriyal.
4. Heat a pan with oil. Temper with mustard, urad dal, and curry leaves. Add finely chopped onion and fry till translucent.
5. In goes the finely chopped tomatoes. Add salt, turmeric and sambar powder. Cook for 2 minutes to make the tomatoes soft and mushy.
6. Add chopped Avarakkai, broad beans, and 3/4 cup water. Mix well and cook covered for 5-8 minutes in medium flame. Mix in between once.
7. The vegetable must have cooked by now. Check by pressing in between your fingers. It should be easily mashed.
8. Continue cooking in open pan with 2 tsp drizzled over. No water should be retained and the curry should be shiny. Switch off the flame.

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The tomato mixture should start browning here and there towards the end. That’s how the curry turns flavourful. Serve as accompaniment for rice. We had with sambar, cooked rice. You can also check our latest vegan recipe Vegetable Lo Mein which is quite healthy and require just 20 minutes to cook.

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