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.

super poriyal…….
awesome poriyal with mochai…amma makes pulikulambu with this
Looks so yummy!! Wish I could get fresh Mochai where I live.
We do make with same procedure.Only sambar pwd is new to this. Next time will add.Thanks for sharing 🙂
Yummy poriyal…
avrekayi as we call this in Kannada. love this simple poriyal or palya as we call it in Kannada 🙂
Mochai and mor kulambu sooper combination… dish looks yummy…I like mochai.. and I really miss it in my place now..
this looks yummy
habent heard of this bean..looks delicious though
Very nice recipe and this poriyal looks good too…
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I'll happily with hot piping rasam rice..
i 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.
Tasty n comfort side dish for steamed rice loved it…
I used to have this in India .. here no fresh mochai :(. Nice clicks.
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nice n yummy poriyal….looks delicious
Lovely dish:)
these beans are my all time favourite…very yummy recipe
delicious poriyal..
Hey, the poriyal looks amazing! Your clicks are beautiful Sharmi. Keep it up!
looks nice :)….is it also called avarekkalu??
Such delicious & a hearty poriyal!!! Btw, the upcoming post looks yumm too..Cant wait!!! 😉
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Tastes better with fresh mochai, but I wonder how you made this quantity with one bean (as your measurement suggests) 🙂
@Kavitha : Haha, its 1 cup 🙂
@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 🙂
Yummy and flavorful poriyal..adding sambar powder sounds great..
Delicious and flavourful poriyal.
My stock of dried mochai is over unfortunately. That looks like a very yummy curry.
healthy and delicious poriyal..
I make kuzhambu but porial looks tasty i guess!
Lovely poriyal this.
Never heard of this bean…Sharmi, your clicks are too tempting…porial looks perfect to go with hot rice.
What kind of bean are those mochai?
The dish looks very delicious.
@Angies : Its hyacinth or field bean
i like mochai… i miss it in my place now.. dish looks tempting…
I love this poriyal.Thanks for posting .
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