Era Avarakkai Poriyal

Avarakkai(broad beans) is such a boring vegetable in my family, everybody just runs away on seeing it.:).This recipe is one of my experiments, again landed as a huge hit. Since it was cooked with prawns, the taste of the broad beans gets enhanced. Together its goes well as a sidedish for sambar.



Ingredients:
Broad beans-250gms(finely chopped)
Prawns-100gms
Onion-1(finely chopped)
Dry red chillied-4-5nos(broken)
Curry leaves-few
Oil-2tsp
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Channa dal-1/2tsp
Crushed fennel seeds(sombu)-1tsp
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Redchilli powder-1/2tsp
Grated coconut-3tbsp
Salt-as per taste

Method:
1. In a kadai add oil, when its hot enough add mustard,channa dal, crushed fennel seeds,curry leaves, broken redchillies,turmeric powder, followed by Redchilli powder, then add the finely chopped onion,fry well till the onion turns pink,then add the broad beans chopped, sauté for a 10 minutes.

2. Then add the cleaned and washed prawns to it, give it a stir, close with lid and allow to cook for a while. No need to add water, since prawns do gives out some amount of water while cooking. After 15-20 minutes open the lid add required salt and allow the remaining water to get dry. When the poriyal becomes dry, add the grated coconut cook for another 5 minutes in slow fire and remove from fire.
Serve as side dish to any meals.