Ingredients

• Gawar beans/long beans - 500g (Cut and boiled)
• Channa dal - 1 cup
• Red chillies - 5
• Urad dal - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Oil - 6 tbsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves
• Asafoetida/hing
• Salt to taste

How to Make Gawar Beans Patoli

• Soak channa dal and 5 red chillies together for 3 hours.
• Grind the soaked dal and chillies, adding a little salt, into a fine paste.
• Now place a kadai and pour 2 tbsp oil in it.
• Add the seasonings - urad dal, mustard seeds, 1 red chilli, hing, jeera and curry leaves to it.
• When the seasonings splutter, add some turmeric powder, ground paste and stir it.
• Add more oil and keep stirring the paste until it gets cooked, covering the lid occasionally.
• When the paste is cooked, add the boiled beans into it and stir them.
• Add some salt if necessary.
• Add some chilli powder to it and cover with lid for 5 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander at the end.