BUTTER BEANS GRAVY

 INGREDIENTS:-

1. Butter beans                1 cup
   
2. Small onion                 1 cup
3. Tomatoes                     3 nos
4. Brinjal                         10
5. Salt                              3 tsp
6. Chilly powder             2 tsp
7. Turmeric                      1 tsp
8. Water                           5 cups
9. Coriander leaves         handful

FOR POWDER:-

1. Fennel seeds               1 tsp
2. Cinnamon                   2"
3. Cloves                         6
4. Dhania seeds              1 tbsp
5. Roasted gram             2 tbsps

FOR GRINDING:-

1. Ginger                        1"
2. Garlic                         10
3. Small onion                5

FOR SEASONING:-

1. Mustard seeds           1 tsp
2. Urad dhal                  1 tsp
3. Bengal gram              2 tsp
4. Hing                          1/2 tsp
5. Curry leaves              little
6. Oil                             5 tbsp

METHOD:-

• Peel and wash butter beans, cut onion, tomatoes, cut brinjal lenght wise.
• Grind ginger-garlic, powder the masala ingredients and seive.
• Cook butter beans for 3 whistles, cool down and transfer it to another container.
• Heat 4 tbsps of oil in the same cooker, add onion and saute for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes and fry, add ginger-garlic paste, and cook for 1 minute on low flame.
• Mash tomatoes and powdered masala, turmeric, and chilly powder.
• Add salt, brinjal and cooked beans, stir and cook for 2 whistles.
• Let the pressure settle down, stir the gravy, heat 1 tbsp of oil in a seasoning pan.
• Crackle mustard seeds, fry dhal, hing and curry leaves.
• Pour on the top of the gravy and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with chapati, and rice.