Stir-Fried Green Bean Rice Dish

Stir fried green beans rice is the perfect combination of rice with green beans that is cooked together by adding some regular Indian spices 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 which can be packed in their tiffin

Green beans rice is the perfect combination of rice with green beans which is cooked together by adding some regular Indian spices and coconut shavings.

This is a simple, homely recipe ready in minutes

Kids who do not like green veggies would certainly relish this. This is a wholesome one pot meal which can be packed in their tiffins

To make this rice dish, green beans are slightly blanched and then stir fried 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, carbs,  and fats, so weight watchers can add this healthy bean in their everyday diet in any form or the other.  To make this dish, long basmati rice is perfect as they don’t break while cooking and look really good and appealing as well with the long whole beans

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1-  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 (sarso) and cumin(jeera) seeds – 1 tsp each

7-  Whole red dry chilly – 2-3

8-  Oil – 1 tsp

9-  Butter for stir-frying beans – 2 tsp

10-  Some fresh coconut shreds

1-  First of all boil sufficient water to blanch beans

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

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

4-  Heat butter in a pan and add coconut shreds and blanched beans. Stir fry both of them

5-  Take them out and add 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 red chilly powder and cumin powder

9-  Bring to one boil and cover the pan with the lid. Let it cook at low flame

10-  Cover the pan again till all the water is absorbed. Add sautéed green beans 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 mix veg sambhar