This is one of my all time favourite comforting lunch combination. Rice, mor kuzhambu and mochai poriyal – Easy and quick to fix for lunch. We have this bean(dried variety) stocked up always but this time got fresh mochai(Hyacinth or field bean) in the market so used it for this poriyal.
Mochai Poriyal Recipe
Ingredients:
- Fresh Mochai (Bean) – 1 cup
- Onion – 1 chopped finely
- Garlic – 2 pearls finely chopped
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Sambar powder – 1 tsp
- Hing(Perungayam) – a generous pinch
- Salt – as required
To temper:
- Jeera – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – few
- Green chillies – 1 chopped finely
- Oil – 2 tsp
Method:
- Pressure cook mochai for 3 whistles with enough water. Drain water, collect the mochai and keep aside.
- Heat oil, add jeera allow it to crackle, add green chilli, curry leaves saute and then add onions and garlic saute until slightly browned then add sambar powder, turmeric powder, hing, salt and give a stir.
- Then add the pressure cooked mochai and mix well until the masala is well coated to the bean.Switch off and serve with rice.
My Notes:
- If you plan to use packed dried bean then soak overnight and then pressure cook like how we do for channa and other dried bean.
- We had it with rice and mor kuzhambu, luv it with sambar and curd rice too.
faseela says
December 15, 2011 at 3:49 pmsuper poriyal…….
Aarthi says
December 15, 2011 at 4:24 pmawesome poriyal with mochai…amma makes pulikulambu with this
Priya says
December 15, 2011 at 5:23 pmLooks so yummy!! Wish I could get fresh Mochai where I live.
Rashida shaikh says
December 15, 2011 at 5:30 pmWe do make with same procedure.Only sambar pwd is new to this. Next time will add.Thanks for sharing 🙂
Reshmi Mahesh says
December 15, 2011 at 6:11 pmYummy poriyal…
Sush says
December 15, 2011 at 6:31 pmavrekayi as we call this in Kannada. love this simple poriyal or palya as we call it in Kannada 🙂
Suganya Harisudhan says
December 15, 2011 at 6:41 pmMochai and mor kulambu sooper combination… dish looks yummy…I like mochai.. and I really miss it in my place now..
Torviewtoronto says
December 15, 2011 at 7:07 pmthis looks yummy
An Open Book says
December 15, 2011 at 7:35 pmhabent heard of this bean..looks delicious though
Madhavi says
December 15, 2011 at 7:54 pmVery nice recipe and this poriyal looks good too…
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Priya says
December 15, 2011 at 9:09 pmI'll happily with hot piping rasam rice..
Richa says
December 16, 2011 at 12:09 ami havent heard of these beans but the poriyal looks amazing! i love the color play and the beautifully lit and composed pictures! Is that all natural light? i think i will have to wait to move to the southern bright and sunny cities to improve upon my photography.
Gayathri NG says
December 16, 2011 at 2:23 amTasty n comfort side dish for steamed rice loved it…
Vardhini says
December 16, 2011 at 3:12 amI used to have this in India .. here no fresh mochai :(. Nice clicks.
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Prathibha says
December 16, 2011 at 3:38 amnice n yummy poriyal….looks delicious
Rumana Rawat says
December 16, 2011 at 4:19 amLovely dish:)
Kadhyaa says
December 16, 2011 at 4:41 amthese beans are my all time favourite…very yummy recipe
Tina says
December 16, 2011 at 5:42 amdelicious poriyal..
M D says
December 16, 2011 at 6:47 amHey, the poriyal looks amazing! Your clicks are beautiful Sharmi. Keep it up!
manjooo says
December 16, 2011 at 9:46 amlooks nice :)….is it also called avarekkalu??
Prathima Rao says
December 16, 2011 at 10:52 amSuch delicious & a hearty poriyal!!! Btw, the upcoming post looks yumm too..Cant wait!!! 😉
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Kavitha Bhargav says
December 16, 2011 at 11:10 amTastes better with fresh mochai, but I wonder how you made this quantity with one bean (as your measurement suggests) 🙂
Sharmilee! :) says
December 16, 2011 at 11:12 am@Kavitha : Haha, its 1 cup 🙂
Sharmilee! :) says
December 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm@Richa : Yes all the pics in this space are clicked in natural light. Thanks am happy to hear such words as I spend more time on the arrangement and clicks 🙂
Suja says
December 16, 2011 at 4:16 pmYummy and flavorful poriyal..adding sambar powder sounds great..
Rachana says
December 16, 2011 at 5:54 pmDelicious and flavourful poriyal.
Laavanya says
December 16, 2011 at 5:54 pmMy stock of dried mochai is over unfortunately. That looks like a very yummy curry.
Sobha Shyam says
December 16, 2011 at 9:25 pmhealthy and delicious poriyal..
Cham says
December 17, 2011 at 12:31 amI make kuzhambu but porial looks tasty i guess!
Dershana says
December 17, 2011 at 12:37 pmLovely poriyal this.
Nisa Homey says
December 18, 2011 at 7:12 amNever heard of this bean…Sharmi, your clicks are too tempting…porial looks perfect to go with hot rice.
Angie's Recipes says
December 18, 2011 at 11:29 amWhat kind of bean are those mochai?
The dish looks very delicious.
Sharmilee! :) says
December 18, 2011 at 11:59 am@Angies : Its hyacinth or field bean
Suganya Harisudhan says
December 20, 2011 at 9:38 ami like mochai… i miss it in my place now.. dish looks tempting…
kokila says
December 27, 2011 at 8:34 pmI love this poriyal.Thanks for posting .
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