Name: Green Beans with Onion Paste

Ingredients:

• 1 lb green beans, sliced into 1/4 to 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 inch fresh ginger, finely chopped
• 1 tomato, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons coriander
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon lime juice

Instructions:

• Mix onion, garlic, ginger, tomato and turmeric.
• Fry mixture in vegetable oil for 5 minutes at medium heat, adding water when necessary to avoid sticking in the pan
• Add coriander & cumin, and fry for another 5 minutes, adding water when needed
• Add beans to the mixture and fry for 5 minutes, adding water when necessary
• Add the lime juice and turn the burner down to low
• Cover and cook until the beans are tender, at least 25 minutes, as much as 45 minutes

Comments: 5/3/2012 - This was time-consuming. Gail liked it.
1/7/2015 - The chopping took about 45 minutes before any cooking could start. The beans were tender after 25 minutes.
3/18/2017 - Again, the beans were tender after 25 minutes.
5/12/2019 - I substituted 1/2 teaspoon of powdered ginger for the fresh ginger. The cooking time - 25 minutes for the last step - was good.

Source: Greatly simplified version of a recipe from page 150 of An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey

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