Spiced green beans (Masala barbatti sabji) from Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking: More Than 500 Recipes from India's Greatest Culinary Tradition (page 187) by Yamuna Devi

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Accompaniments: Buttered steamed rice (Sada chaval); Curried eggplant rice (Baigan pulau); Bottle gourd and green peas cooked in tomato broth (Louki hari matar shorba); Chickpea, almond, sesame sauce (Kabli chana til sas); Crispy-fried eggplant slices (Baigan bhaji); Savory mashed yam patties (Suran tikki)

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    Can substitute oil mixed with butter for ghee.

  • Avocet on September 03, 2022

    p. 187 Very good and quick. I cut the green beans into 1.5 inches and just cook them until done; less time than the recipe calls for. Like lorloff, I use much less salt and sugar.

  • jenburkholder on January 06, 2021

    Nice, basic green bean stir-fry. Nothing special, but easy and versatile.

  • lorloff on September 28, 2014

    Very good. I cooked the green beans less thn recommended until they were just al dente. The spices were great. Only added a pinch of sugar and 1/2 of the salt called for in the recipe. Nice and spicy the amount of mustard seeds were perfect. I used brown mustard seeds. Made this again in 2020 and it is still great. Used Japanese sugar just a pinch.

  • kimslist on September 13, 2010

    The only bad thing about this recipe is that, no matter how much I make, I never have leftovers. It's that addictive. A splatter screen for cooking the mustard seeds is essential. I would cut the salt by at least 50%, more if you use salted butter. I don't find it necessary to cut the beans into pieces smaller than 1", but don't overcook them.

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