Goru Chikkudu & Double Beans Curry

Hi Friends

Today I am coming with a tasty and healthy protein packed double beans curry with a combination of guruchikkudu kayalu/cluster beans. I think everybody knows about guruchikkudu kayala kura. During our childhood, my father used to bring these double beans/elephant beans from Channai as they were available in big cities only. Now a days dried double beans are available in every super bazaar and fresh double beans in vegetable markets. We can use the dried double beans in unseason also. These double beans are highly recommended for vegetarians.

This is a delicious dish. Any how I have mentioned the nutritional values of this dish at the end. It si good to know the nutritional values of what we are cooking.

Ingredients

• Double beans                               1/2 cup
• Cluster beans                               1/4 kg Young and fresh
• Spring onions                               1 cup Finely chopped
• Coriander powder                        1/2 tbsp
• Salt
• Oil

For paste

• Fresh grated coconut                    2 to 3 tbsp
• Green mirchi                                  3
• Cumin seeds                                   1/4 tbsp

For Popu

• Mustard seeds
• Cumin seeds
• Curry leaves

How I did it

1. Soak dried double beans over night. See beans increase in size for the next day.
2. Drain the soaked the elephant beans, add 1 1/2 cups of water and pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles. If you have fresh ones, you could cook them along with the cluster beans without soaking them.
3. Allow the stream to escape and open the lid and let them cool.
4. Cut the cooked beans gently into slices so that they mix well in curry. and keep aside.
5. Pluck the end of the cluster beans/goru chikkudu and pull down, if any thread like substance, remove it. Same as other end also.
6. Cut them into 1" pieces, add them to boiled salt water and cook.It takes hardly 8 minutes. Not to over cook. Squeeze them after cooing.
7. Take kadia, add oil, let it heat on medium flame.
8. Add mustard seeds, let them pop, then add cumin seeds and turmeric powder.
9. Next add chopped spring onions.Fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
10. Keep turning in, so that it won't burn.
11. Then add squeezed cluster beans and sliced double beans. Fry for 2 minutes add required salt and stir well.
12. Finally add fresh coconut, green mirchi and cumin seeds paste. 
13. Stir well and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
14. Switch off the stove.
15. See the taste
16. Transfer into a bowl. 

It pairs well with rice and roti.

My tip

You can add only fresh coconut also.
You could use onion in place of spring onion. But spring onion tastes lot different and is healthy as well.

Nutritional info

Elephant beans having Vitamin 'A' and ' C'. Calcium and Iron and very low in calories. Rich in minerals.
Cluster beans having low calories.packed with iron. Effective in lowering cholesterol level.
Spring onions being green contains anti oxidants and plant fiber. Also contains healthy composition of Vitamin 'A'

Try by yourself this multi vitamin and healthy dish and drop your suggestions.

Bye

Yours Kusuma of Kusuma's Abhiruchi