Stir-Fried Green Bean Rice Dish

Stir-fried green bean rice is the perfect combination of rice with green beans that is cooked together by adding some regular Indian spices, cashew nuts, and coconut shavings. This rice dish is a simple, homely recipe ready in minutes. As my family loves South Indian flavors, I have added mustard seeds and shredded coconut in the tadka/tempering. Kids who do not like green veggies would certainly relish this. This is a wholesome one-pot meal that can be packed in their tiffin

To make this rice dish, green beans are slightly blanched and then stir-fried in butter as a first step while cooking. Green beans are very beneficial for good health as they are rich in vitamins, minerals,  and fiber. These are low-calorie, carb-free,  and fat-free, so weight watchers can add this healthy bean to their everyday diet in any form or other.  To make this dish, long grain basmati rice is perfect as they are aromatic and don’t break while cooking.  They looks really good and appealing as well with the long whole beans

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1-  Basmati Rice – 1 cup (washed and soaked for 1/2 an hour)

2-  French beans – 200 g

3-  Water for cooking rice – 2 cups

4-  Water for blanching beans – sufficient enough

5-  Salt, red chilly powder, cumin powder –  1 tsp each

6-  Mustard (Rai) and cumin(jeera) seeds – 1 tsp each

7-  Whole red dry chili – 2-3

8-  Oil for rice – 1 tsp

9-  Butter for stir-frying beans, coconut, and cashews- 2 tsp

10-  Some fresh coconut shreds

11 – Cashew nuts  – 6-8 nos./To taste

1-  First of all, boil sufficient water to blanch the beans

2-  Add beans and let them boil for 1 minute to become a little soft. Avoid over-boiling, otherwise they will lose colour and crunch 

3-  Drain the water and keep the beans aside in ice-cold water( use this water in the rice)

6-  Now add a little more oil to the pan. Drop the cumin and mustard seeds.

6-  When they crackle, add whole red chilies

7-  Add soaked rice and sauté for a minute (stay gentle with rice)

8-  Add 2 cups of water, salt, and powdered spices like  cumin powder

9-  Bring the rice to the first boil and cover the pan with the lid. Let it cook on a low flame now

10-  Cover the pan again till all the water is absorbed. Add sautéed green beans and nuts at this stage

11-  Let the rice covered at rest  for 5 minutes and garnish with some coconut shreds before serving

12-  Serve green bean rice with vegetable raita or mixed veg sambhar