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Mochakottai Kulambu / Val Beans Curry

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Mochakottai Kulambu / Val Beans Curry - Plattershare - Recipes, food stories and food lovers

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Mocha Kottai is called as Field beans or Hyacinth bean or Val beans in English. It is a dry beans variety and is found in all Indian grocery shops. Also you can try the same recipe with karamani (black eyed beans). This is mochakottai/Val beans helps in digestion and its fibre content, helps in reducing the weight.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Served AsLunch
CuisineChettinad, Homestyle Cooking, Indian, South Indian
Servings 5
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Ingredients
  

  • Mochakottai / Val beans – ½ cup
  • Onions – 1 ½ no
  • Tomato – 1 no
  • Chili powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Garlic cloves – 5 nos
  • Tamarind – a small lemon sized
  • Coconut pieces – 50 gm
  • Cumin seeds – 1 ½ tsp
  • Salt
  • Oil – 3 tsp
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Split blackgram – ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
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Instructions
 

  • Fry the mochaikottai/val beans for few min, until the raw smell goes out and it turns golden brown in color.
  • Soak the roasted mochakottai for almost 6 hrs in water. Prepare Tamarind extract.
  • Peel and finely chop the onions and tomatoes. Grind the coconut pieces along with 1 ¼ tsp of cumin seeds to a fine paste by adding little water.
  • Drain the water from the soaked mochakottai/val beans and pressure-cook it for about 5 whistles.
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, split blackgram, cumin seeds and curry leaves, wait till they crackle.
  • Add in the onions and cook until they turn golden brown. Add in the tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.
  • Add all spice powders and cook until the raw smell goes off.
  • Add only the cooked mochakottai/val beans followed by salt and cook for few mins.
  • Pour in the ground coconut paste and cook until the raw smell goes off.
  • Pour in the tamarind extract and the leftover water from the pressure cooked mochaikottai/val beans.
  • Cover with the lid and bring to boil, remove the lid when the oil starts floating on the top.
  • Keep in medium flame, until it reaches the curry consistency.
  • Remove from fire. Serve hot with steamed rice, any vegetable stir-fry or Dry fish stir-fry and pappad.
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