Ingredients

• Cowpea (long/snake beans) - 1/2 kg, chopped.
• Grated coconut - 1/2 cup.
• oil - 1 tbsp.
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp.
• Dry red chillies - 4, broken into pieces.
• Onion - 1/2 cup, chopped.
• Curry leaves.
• Salt to taste.

How to Make Payer Upperi (Long Beans, Kerala Style)

• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
• When they splutter, add chillies.
• Add curry leaves and onion.
• Fry onion till brown.
• Add cowpeas and salt.
• Add 1/2 cup of water and cook covered on a low flame till the beans are cooked and the water evaporates.
• Add coconut and saute.
• Serve with rice.