Ingredients

• French beans - 1/2 kg
• Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Dry red chillies - 3
• Red chillies, broken into pieces - 2 or 3
• Curry leaves - a few
• Tamarind juice - 2 tsp
• Jaggery powder - 2 tsp
• Green chillies - 2 or 3, slit
• Salt to taste

How to Make Beans Palya (French Beans, Karnataka Style)

• String the beans and chop finely.
• Grind red chillies, coconut and cumin coarsely.
• Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard.
• When it splutters, add broken red chillies and curry leaves.
• Add beans, 1/2 cup water and salt.
• Keep covered on low flame.
• When the vegetable is almost cooked, add tamarind juice, jaggery and green chillies.
• When the vegetable is soft and all the liquid has dried up, stir in the ground paste.
• Mix well and remove from fire.