Indian broad bean beet root fry

The other day when I wanted to make vegetarian curry, all I had was a little bit of this and a little bit of that by themselves none of the vegetables were enough to make a curry for the family.so I mixed up the indian broad beans and beet roots I had and fried the and the end result was delicious. My hubby loved it. I served it with white rice and khatti dal

Sem phalli Chukandar tallan (Indian broad bean and beet root fry )

Sem Phalli beetroot Fry

Ingredients

1. 1 cup sem ki phalli cut into 1 inch pieces
2. 1 cup canned beetroot shoestrings drained
3. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal, salt, turmeric, chilly powder
4. 1 small onion sliced thin and fried crispy

In a pan heat the oil and add the cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal and fry till they splutter. Add broad beans cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add beet root and all the spices and stir to combine. Cover and cook till all the vegetables are cooked through. Garnish with crispy fried onions and cilantro and serve with roti or rice and dal

Beet Root recipes
Beetroot fry
beetroot Roti
carrot beetroot Halwa

Indian Broad bean recipes
Indian Broad bean with Eggplant
Fish with indian Broad Beans
Lamb with Indian Broad beans

Sem ki phalli Baingan

I can't believe how long it has been that I had this curry. Long ago when I was a little kid my Daadi Ammi used to plant this in my backyard and in the season we ould have loads of Sem ki Phalli or Chikudu kaaya in Telugu i.e Indian Broad beans and its seeds or the "beeng" were me and my father's favourite.

              Even later on when we moved to another city my mom would make this curry with brinjal and it used to be my favourite. But after coming to USA finding fresh Sem ki Phalli in the Indian stores is a rarity. And this time I did and even though they costed like 4 times that of frozen sem I still got it and definetely there is no surpassing the taste of a fresh veggie over frozen

Sem ki Phalli Baingan (Indian broad beans with eggplant curry)

Ingredients:

1. 1/2-3/4 lb Sem ki Phalli ends removed and cut into 1 inch pieces
2. 4-5 indian eggplants or about 2 cups cut any eggplant
3. 1 medium tomato (optional)
4. 1 medium small onion sliced thin
5. 2 green chillies slit
6. 2 tablespoons oil
7. 3/4 teaspoon each of salt, chilly powder, turmeric

In a pressure cooker heat the oil and fry the onions till tender. Add green chillies and fry for a couple of minutes. Add brinjal or eggplant and tomato if using and fry for 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients, 1/4 cup water and cook for 2 whistles or cook in a covered pot for 15-20 minutes until the veggies get cooked. Open the cooker and simmer till excess water evaporates and garnish with cilantro and serve with Any Indian Roti

or serve with Rice and Tomato Rasam