Lilva Nu Shaak (Green Beans with Tomato)

This side-dish curry comes together really easily and uses ingredients that we basically always have -- spices, frozen green beans, and tomato.

Lilva Nu Shaak

660 Curries by Raghavan Ayer (p. 511)

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tsp coriander seeds, ground
• 1 tsp cumin seeds, ground
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cayenne
• 1 tsp sugar (or 1 Tbsp jaggery)
• ½ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp asafetida
• 500g green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-2cm lengths (frozen is fine)
• 1 ~400mL tin of diced tomatoes
• 250mL tomato
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

1. Heat the oil over medium-high heat.
2. Add the mustard seeds and cook, covered, until popped.
3. Remove from heat. Stir in the whole cumin, then the the coriander, ground cumin, salt, cayenne, sugar, turmeric, and asafetida.
4. Stir in the beans and return to heat.
5. Add the tomato and water and bring to a boil.
6. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until beans are fork-tender, ~12 minutes.
7. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.