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Beans Mezhukkupuratti / Stir Fried French Beans Recipe

December 1, 2015 24 Comments

Beans Mezhukkupuratti (stir-fried) recipe. What do you get when you lightly fry up any chopped vegetable and a paste of shallots and garlic in some oil and  add salt and some chilly powder? Mezhukkupuratti! Its a quintessential Kerala side dish, often made to complement a gravy that’s coconut-rich (is it wrong that my mouth is watering as I type this?).

Anyway, this beans mezhukkupuratti is not just any mezhukkupuratti. This is Pennamma chechy’s recipe. Pennamma chechy was my best friend’s maid. Yeah, I will give you a minute to figure that out.

Ok so, Deepa, my BFF, had a maid called Pennamma chechy, a typical Catholic lady who cooked amazing Kerala food and each time I eat at Deepa’s place, there’s always mezhukkupuratti and it’s always always yummy. Once I asked her for the recipe and since then, I have never made mezhukkupuratti any other way. You may also wish to check out this carrot beetroot stir fry and stir-fried jackfruit seeds (chakka kuru)

Beans Mezhukkupuratti / Stir Fry II

Beans Mezhukkupuratti
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1 cup French beans, cut into 1/2″ pieces
1 small onion, thinly sliced (optional)
8-10 shallots (also called sambar onion)
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp jeera / jeerakam
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
A pinch of turmeric
A few curry leaves
Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. Heat oil and add the mustard seeds and jeera. When the seeds pop, add the onions (if using), beans and the curry leaves.

2. Lower fire to sim and stir fry the beans until almost cooked. This will take about 12-15 minutes.

3. Grind the shallots and garlic with the turmeric powder and add to the cooked beans. Increase the heat a bit and fry, stirring well, until the shallot-garlic paste is golden brown.

4. Add salt and chilly powder. Fry for another minute.

Beans Mezhukkupuratti / Stir Fry

Serve hot with steamed rice and any coconut based gravy, like thella pulusu or theeyal.

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  1. Anonymous

    February 1, 2013 at 5:13 am

    Looks delicious but Any alternative for shallots?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      February 1, 2013 at 6:17 am

      you can use onions.

      Reply
  2. Indian Cuisine Blogroll

    March 24, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    Nags, tried the beans mezhukkupuratti..loved it with rice..i've put a picture in my blog..
    Deepa

    Reply
  3. Mittu

    March 2, 2011 at 4:20 am

    Oh this one came out sooooo well wen i tried for the first time even.. My husband loovveddd it wen served with his lunch!! Thanx so much Nags !! :)) will keep trying other recipes too 🙂

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    July 7, 2010 at 10:06 am

    Hi,

    Is this cooked without adding water?

    Reply
  5. Nags

    July 7, 2010 at 10:24 am

    No added water at all. The beans have to basically cook in the oil itself.

    Reply
  6. Suhaina

    July 6, 2010 at 3:18 am

    my fav. u have done it so nicely and looks so tempting. I can finish off that plate in a jiffy.

    Reply
  7. RedChillies

    June 18, 2010 at 3:38 am

    I like the name of this dish !

    Reply
  8. Priti

    June 17, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    Stir fry looks yum…

    Reply
  9. Apu

    June 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    Looks delicious!! Adore green beans!!

    Reply
  10. rekhas kitchen

    June 17, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    Simple but perfect side dish for any dal looks inviting Nags

    Reply
  11. jeyashrisuresh

    June 17, 2010 at 5:27 am

    this sounds quite intersting and new to me. bored of making beans in the usual style.Going to try this .nice clicks

    Reply
  12. delhibelle

    June 17, 2010 at 2:10 am

    Looks tasty, and I like the pretty, blue mat in the last pic

    Reply
  13. Veggie Belly

    June 16, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Yum! nothing like fresh beans! I always make beans poriyal with coconut. I will try this next time for a change 🙂

    Reply
  14. Rice Palette

    June 16, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    This looks great! I'd like to thank your friend's maid for showing you this recipe so that you can share it to us 😉

    Reply
  15. Parita

    June 16, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    Stir fried french beans looks very delicious and inviting!

    Reply
  16. Nags

    June 17, 2010 at 1:39 am

    Asha, adding coconut would make this more like thoran, the idea is to make a coconut-less side dish 🙂

    Reply
  17. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

    June 16, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Lovely recipe, very new and looks simply great, good pic 🙂

    Reply
  18. Asha

    June 16, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    Sprinkle some fresh grated coconut on top and mix. It's divine to eat as side dish with Yogurt, looks delicious.

    Reply
  19. Vrinda

    June 16, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    My fav with rice…yumm

    Reply
  20. Sanjeeta kk

    June 16, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    Quite difficult to pronounce the name, but the recipe is easy and healthy too.

    Reply
  21. Sukanya Ramkumar

    June 16, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Nice and healthy recipe. Looks so good. YUM!

    Reply
  22. Sharmilee! :)

    June 16, 2010 at 2:26 pm

    Havent tried anything other than the simple poriyal…this sounds interesting with garlic and jeera

    Reply
  23. RAKS KITCHEN

    June 16, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    Love the last picture,simply gorgeous! Love the recipe too!

    Reply

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