PITHIKI PARUPPU I MOCHAI SAMBHAR I LIMA BEANS/FIELD BEANS RECIPES

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Mochai or lima beans have dietary fiber and protein rich. We get fresh produce nowadays. My mom used to buy once in a week and we make it kuzhambu or avarai mochai curry which is suited for dal rice. I have prepared pithiki paruppu, which was I learnt from aunty. When she visited us, she prepared it for me and it was so so delicious. So I tried her recipe and it came out very well.

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It’s similar to sambhar, instead of toor dal we are adding mochai. So the flavor and taste must be completely different from our usual sambhar and you will surely love it. I served chapati with the pithiki paruppu.  Let’s check out the recipe,

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Category
Gravy
Cuisine
South Indian
Preparation Time
15 Minutes (Apart from soaking) 
Cooking Time
25 Minutes
Servings
3-4
Source My Aunt

INGREDIENTS
Lima/Mochai – 2  Cup – Soaked overnight
Turmeric powder – ¼ Tsp
Castor oil – ½ Tsp
Water – 3-4 Cups
Oil – 2 Tbsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1 Tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 Tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp
Urad dal – 1 Tsp
Hing – ½ Tsp
Dry red chillies – 1, broken
Shallots – ¼ Cup, chopped
Curry leaves - Few
Tomatoes – 2, chopped
Sambhar powder – 2 Tsp
Salt – To taste
Coriander leaves – One handful

METHOD
  • Peel off the mochai as I shown in the figure. It’s easy to peel after soaking, so don’t forget to soak the beans overnight or 6-8 hours before doing it.
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  • Now add the beans, water, turmeric and castor oil allow cooking till the beans cook softly like toor dal.
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  • Heat oil in a pan; add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds wait for golden brown.
  • Then add urad dal and mustard seeds wait for sputter.
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  • Add hing, curry leaves, dry red chilies and then add shallots and saute it till transparent.
  • Now add tomatoes and sambhar powder allow cooking till the oil oozes out from the masala.
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  • Stir the beans with the water and pour into the masala.
  • Mix it well and add enough salt to the gravy.
  • Allow to boil for 2 minutes and then keep it on low flame for 5 minutes and then switch off the flame.
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  • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot with hot rice or chapathi…


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NOTE
  • You can pressure cook beans up to 2 whistles instead of open pot cooking.
  • If you want a thick gravy, reduce the water content as per your choice. 



Interested in other recipes of Mochai/Lima beans???

  1. Thiruvathirai Kootu
  2. Lima and butter beans curry
  3. Coconut Field beans curry
  4. Mochai Curry



 

1 comments:

  1. amma used to make this and also as puli kuzhambu version.feeling nostalgic

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