Beans Poriyal also known as Green Beans Stir Fry is a traditional South Indian side dish made by cooking beans with onion, coconut, dal and tempering spices. Beans Poriyal is a healthy side dish and is most commonly served with rice meal. Learn to make Beans Poriyal with step by step pictures.
Beans Poriyal with moong dal is my favorite which amma makes so wanted to share the recipe here. This is a quick stir fry made with beans and pairs up well as a great side dish with rice and sambar.
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About Beans Poriyal
Poriyal is a tamil word for stir fry or sauteed dish so Beans Poriyal is stir fry made with Green Beans. Beans Poriyal is made by sauteing green beans with onion, spices, moong dal and finally tossed with coconut.
This is a very simple but healthy stir fry that can be made with many vegetables. Poriyal or Stir fry can be made with many vegetables like ladies finger, carrot, cauliflower, cabbage, bitter gourd etc.
Poriyal is most commonly made in every Indian house hold it is basically a simple stir fry with any vegetable of your choice. Here I have used round green beans but you can Chinese long beans variety too.
Beans Poriyal Ingredients
- Beans – Round variety green beans is best for stir fries. You can even use Chinese long beans variety.
- Moong Dal – Split yellow moong dal is cooked with beans which gives this stir fry a unique taste.
- Onion – Onion sauteed gives a crunch to this dish
- Coconut – Coconut added at the final stage gives good flavor to this stir fry.
- Tempering – A basic tempering is done using mustard seeds, urad dal, hingm], curry leaves etc.
More Stir Fry Recipes
- Broccoli stir fry
- Cauliflower pepper fry
- Carrot Beans stir Fry
- Beetroot stir fry
- More poriyal recipes
How to make Beans Poriyal Step by Step
1.Pressure cook moong dal for 1 whistle and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, let it splutter. Now add urad dal, curry leaves and hing .Add onions,green chillies, and saute till it turns transparent.
2.Add the beans and saute for 3 minutes. Now add around 1/2 cup water cook covered in medium flame until beans becomes soft but not mushy, now add salt to taste.
3.Keep in low flame to avoid burning.Once beans is cooked add moong dal and give a stir. Add coconut, give a quick mix and switch off.
Serve with sambar rice or any variety rice of your choice.
Expert Tips
- Choose tender fresh beans. You can use Chinese long beans or regular round beans.
- You can even cook moong dal along with beans. It gets cooked faster.
- Chop beans into 1/2 inch thickness.
- You can even add 1/2 teaspoon of sambar powder for extra flavor.
- If you are packing for lunch box then saute well after coconut is added, this way the poriyal keeps well for a long time.
- You can add a pinch of turmeric powder to retain the green color.
- You can replace fresh coconut with desiccated coconut too though the taste won’t be the same.
Serving & Storage
Serve beans poriyal with rice and sambar the best combo. It serves great with rasam also. It keeps well in fridge for 1 day.
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Beans Poriyal Recipe | Green Beans Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 15 beans chopped finely
- 2 tablespoon moong dal
- 2 tablespoon coconut grated
- 1 onions finely chopped
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- a pinch hing
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chillies (slitted into half)
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- Pressure cook moong dal for 1 whistle and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, let it splutter. Now add urad dal, curry leaves and hing .Add onions,green chillies, and saute till it turns transparent.
- Add the beans and saute for 3 minutes. Now add around 1/2 cup water cook covered in medium flame until beans becomes soft but not mushy, now add salt to taste.
- Keep in low flame to avoid burning.Once beans is cooked add moong dal and give a stir. Add coconut, give a quick mix and switch off.
- Serve with sambar rice or any variety rice of your choice.
Notes
- Choose tender fresh beans. You can use Chinese long beans or regular round beans.
- You can even cook moong dal along with beans. It gets cooked faster.
- Chop beans into 1/2 inch thickness.
- You can even add 1/2 teaspoon of sambar powder for extra flavor.
- If you are packing for lunch box then saute well after coconut is added, this way the poriyal keeps well for a long time.
- You can add a pinch of turmeric powder to retain the green color.
- You can replace fresh coconut with desiccated coconut too though the taste won’t be the same.
RAKS KITCHEN
Gorgeous looking poriyal! Excellent click! Not sure abt the issue you are facing,so i will watch wat others say!
Nostalgia
Yes.. I am having issues with blogger too.. this morning..
Shama Nagarajan
quick yummy one
Rohini
Easy n delicious one!
I have troubles with blogger too, but with spellcheck n other features..will let you know if I come across it too!
Cham
The new platf has many bugs! I am struggling from 2 weeks… Known issue in blogger…
Lovely snap and poriyal too!
Sarah Naveen
nice click..Looks simply delicious..
Sum
Hey! Nice neat blog! Liked it… will be a regular visitor 🙂
Shri
Beautiful blog on simple lines!Loved your poriyal..
Sreelekha Sumesh
One of my fav stir fry..Simple and yummy.
Dershana
hey sharmilee, thanx for stopping by and really taking time to go thru so many dishes.
what fantastic pictures you have. really must take a lesson or two from you!
my kitchen
Simple & comfort one,looks perfect
nimi
Hey,
nice simple recipe and it tasted divine… yes tried for dinner yesterday… and we both enjoyed it with par boiled rice.. and curry.
By the way I guess you missed out adding onion here in the method… anyway I added it before adding beans and sauted a lil..
Thank you so much Sharmi…
Sharmilee! :)
@Nimi : Glad that u liked it, yes I missed the onions, thanks for the mention. Have updated it now 🙂
Deepa
I've never added onion to my beans poriyal… that sounds like a good twist! 🙂
Vidya ravindran
I just tried this recipe, it has come out very well… Thank u so much for posting this recipe..
Just wanted to know if we can add red chillies instead of green chillies ?
Sharmilee! :)
Yes you can add red chillies too..
merlin preethi
Thanks sharmi
Dr Shivani Mediratta
Can I use desiccated coconut instead of fresh coconut?
SHARMILEE J
You can try…..