Summer's almost gone. Ok, for most of you, it's long gone. My parents got a couple inches of snow one day last week.
But I'm still harvesting green beans (hey, they got a late start!), tomatoes, and peppers.
In the hopes of using up some of that bounty, I went to an old standby recipe, with some twists, of course.
Bihari green beans is an easy, delicious one pot meal (plus another pot for rice if you want it; I used leftovers).
You can make it as spicy as you dare, or go mild. Either way it has a ton of flavor.
Step one: Mis-en-place.
For this, you need
| Ingredients | ||
|---|---|---|
| ~1 lb fresh green beans, cut into ~2 inch pieces | 2 medium waxy potatoes, chunked | -8-12 mushrooms, quartered |
| 1 tbsp fresh ginger, chopped | 4-5 cloves garlic, chopped | 1 med. onion, chopped fine |
| 1 can coconut milk | 2 tbsp slivered almonds | chopped cilantro for garnish |
| 1 tbsp ground cumin | 1 tbsp ground coriander | 1 tbsp granulated garlic |
| 1/2 tsp turmeric | 1 tbsp paprika | 1/2 tsp hot chile powder or chile flakes |
| 1 tsp kosher salt | juice of half a lemon | juice of a lime |
Heat a couple tablespoons of oil in a heavy pot. Add the slivered almonds and toast until just lightly browned.
Spoon the almonds out and reserve, keeping as much of the flavored oil as possible.
Add more oil (if staying vegan) or add a big pat of butter. Bring back to medium-high and add the garlic and ginger. Stir a couple of times, then add the chopped onion. Fry for about 3-4 minutes, then add the spices. Stirring frequently, saute for a couple of minutes, making sure the spices don't burn. Add the potatoes (I used about 8 baby red and Yukon Gold potatoes, quartered, but regular Yukon Gold or red potatoes work well cut into big, bite-sized chunks) and the mushrooms. Stir to coat with the aromatics/spices, then add the coconut milk. Stir well, lower heat to simmer and cover. Let cook for about 8 minutes, stirring a couple of times so nothing sticks and the coconut milk doesn't boil over. Stir in the green beans and cover, cooking for another 5 minutes or until everything is tender. Shut off the heat, squeeze in the lemon and lime juices, and correct for salt.
Serve over rice (I like jasmine rice with Indian and Thai recipes, in part because I'm too cheap to buy Basmati). Garnish with toasted almonds and cilantro, unless you're one of those genetically disadvantaged people who can't stand cilantro, and lime wedges. I also served this with a spoonful of my buddy John's homemade lime pickle, which was fantastic. A cold beer goes great with it too.
the "sorry" tag made me giggle. Thanks(??) sean or jobu or whomever.
I take credit only for the image.
I've been removing old seasoning from all my cast iron, so that image makes me shudder.
Yea, same. I haven't bothered to learn how to change it.
It's called the "featured image". There are defaults for most of the categories and popular tags. If you want to use your own, click the image when editing the post and the media library will open allowing you to select a new image.
You say that like I will remember....
i might could pull this off.
Looks delish - mos-def going to try this out.
would it be blaspheme for me to use chickpeas instead of the mushrooms? I'm not really a fan, but I'll endure if I must.
I had that same reaction to the mushrooms--replacing them with chickpeas sounds intriguing!
Agreed, that does sound intriguing. I'd be all in for mushrooms, but I'm pretty sure no one else in my house would eat it if there were mushrooms in it. I may have to give this a shot sometime soon, too. Thanks, bS
This recipe is robust to replacements. The original is just green beans (no potatoes or mushrooms). Would work with cauliflower, carrots, whatever.
Substituting chick peas and you are approaching chana masala territory. You do you. It will be good.
I think I might make this tonight.
I made it last night and it was delicious. Only problem I had was that there were no "fresh" green beans at the grocery store, but since I was already committed to making it I went ahead and got a bag of frozen. Please go easy on me.