Sri Lankan beans curry(bonchi curry).
Beans curry, is a flavorful and aromatic curry made with fresh green beans cooked in creamy coconut milk. My bean curry needs just 6 ingredients and can be cooked in under 20 minutes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 large onion
- 3 clove garlic sliced fine
- 1/2 a piece of cinnamon
- A sprig of curry leaves
- 1/2 a teaspoon of turmeric powder
- 500 g Green beans
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- Salt to season
- 1/2 a cup to 1 cup of coconut milk(optional ingredient for gravy)
Instructions
- 1
Have all the ingredients prepared and ready.
- 2
Wash the beans, trim the ends, and remove the strings on the sides of the beans.
- 3
Cut the beans into two or three pieces and cut them through the middle of the beans.
- 4
Pour the oil into a large frying pan. Heat the oil and add the sliced onions, sliced garlic, cinnamon, and curry leaves.
- 5
Cook until the onions turn translucent.
- 6
Add the beans to the frying pan. Season with salt.
- 7
Cook the beans for 5 minutes, mixing the ingredients well. Let the beans turn soft. when the beans are slightly fried, add the cumin powder and pepper powder. combine well.
- 8
If you need a little gravy, pour in 1/2 a cup to 1 cup of coconut milk, stir and cook for a few minutes.
- 9
Reduce the heat to low and cook for a further 10 minutes until you have a thick gravy.
- 10
Taste and season with salt as needed. Serve warm with a Sri Lankan rice and curry menu.