Butter beans is available in yellow pods in vegetable markets. The butter beans are very good for health and tastes very well when added with Potato Curry or Vegetable Briyani. This butterbeans masala goes well as a side dish with chappathis as well as Rice. Thogh they are so many method of making Butterbeans masala, here I give the simplest and easiest method...
Ingredients:
Softly boiled Butter beans 2 cups
Chopped onion & tomatoes 1
cup each
Slitted green chilly 1
Oil 3 tea spoons
Dhaniya powder 2 teaspoons
Cumin seed powder 1/4 tea spoon
Crushed Cinnamon and Cloves 1/4 tea spoon
Red chilly powder 1 tea spoon
Cornflour 1/2 table spoon
Boiled and cooled Milk 1 cup.
Method:
Heat the oil in a kadai. Do the seasoning by adding the crushed
clove and cinnamon. Then add onion and fry till becomes
transparent. Then add tomato and fry. Meanwhile add the slitted
green chilly and all the powders(except corn flour). Add required
salt. stir well. Then put the boiled Butter beans into the kadai &
allow it boil for 5 mnts to absorb the flavour. Add a cup of water
and let it boil for 5 minutes. Dissolve the cornflour in the milk and
pour into the kadai and stir well. In 2 minutes the masala thickens
and gives a creamy and glossy look. Garnish with corainder and
enjoy the taste.
NOTE: If you want to make it more spicy while frying onion add a
teaspoon of ginger garlic paste and a pinch of garam masala
powder.