I get many requests for day to day simple recipes. I avoid posting some of my favorite dishes thinking they are way too simple. I have to try and bring these comfort foods to the blog more often.
This is my aayi’s recipe. She is not finding time to post anything these days, so I thought of posting it. The ginger and onion give a great flavor. Please note, it is not the traditional Konkani Talaasani, but made like talaasani, so I mentioned the name. We usually don’t use mustard-curry leaves seasoning when we use onion in a dish. I have added both here as I like the curry leaf aroma. I make this atleast once a week and aayi tells me it is same in her kitchen.
The beans can be cooked separately and then added to onions or they can be directly added to onion and fried till cooked. I make it both ways and both come out really well. By second method, beans can be fried till they become slightly crispy, but it requires more oil.
Ingredients:
2 cups green beans chopped
1/2 cup onions chopped
1 tea spn finely chopped ginger
1 tea spn chilli powder
Oil
1/2 tea spn mustard seeds + 4-5 curry leaves (optional)
Salt
Method:
Heat oil and add mustard seeds, when they start popping, add curry leaves(optional).
Add onions and ginger and fry till they are brownish.
Now add the beans (cooked separately or uncooked). If using uncooked beans, use more oil and fry the beans till beans are cooked.
Add salt, chilli powder. Mix and fry for few more minutes.
Serve hot.
Serves : 2-3
Preparation time : 20mins
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16 Responses to Green Beans With Ginger (Beans Talasani)
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Simple recipes are the best. This is the kind of food I love. I make the beans the similar way, will add the ginger next time.
Will surely try this today…… simple recipes is what all of us need…. so please keep them coming
For every day cooking you need these kind of recipes only. Love the add of ginger, especially good for the winter.
hey shilpa, thanks for bringing one of our favourite talasani’s to your blog. its a wonderful dish(s). Must say that my most favourite talasani is Potato talasani with Daali thoyi and sheeth.. yummy combo.. dont you agree??
both my mom and wife add ginger (no onions) to the talasani usually for the upvaas food, but add a whole bunch of only garlic otherwise.. must give the ginger and onions combo a try..
Awesome! did not know that onion and ginger went into the TaLasaN!
I have something to do this weekend.
Many thanks for keeping it simple!
Usually, we don’t add onion, ginger to all talasanis, but this one is different
. It makes a big difference. Let me know when you try it.
Like the addition of ginger and onions.
Hi,
Try adding some milk while cooking beans, It changes the taste of beans a lot.
I will try using ginger and onion.
Nilima
Talasani – we generally add a few crushed garlic pods in the oil and red chillies and vegetable – either beans or potato or tendle or gool(mangalorean brinjals)
Will be YUMMY!!
first time heard about ginger n onions in it… but sounds awesome combi… will give a try soon .. Thanks shilpa for all the wonderful recipes you post here… Am a very frequent visitor to your blog.
Make similar kind but with few more spices….as DD loves it with lot of masalas….
Wow!! a very good recipe..I am going to try it for sure
Awww…. Very colourful n tempting
I heard about this site from various quarters and I feel this is a great work by u to guide people to cook varieties of food items of their choice.
Hi,
Try adding some milk while cooking beans, It changes the taste of beans a lot.
I will try using ginger and onion.
Nilima
Awesome recipe! Added some vegetable broth when I put in the beans, formed a nice sauce when it boiled down. Everyone loved it!
Loved it !!! Made it with Spicy pineapple (Ananas palya) for lunch. Yum Yum !!!