Srilankan Green Bean Curry is a tasty side dish cooked in coconut milk. It makes a good accompaniment with chapathi or steamed rice. 

It is a new month and I have a new cuisine on my blog today. It is now to the Srilankan cuisine. Sri Lanka, as we all know is a small country to the south of India. It has a mixed culture traditions.  

srilankan green bean curry

About SriLankan cuisine :

There is a lot to explore in the SriLankan food. I am naive but did a lot of research before I could plunge into cooking it. It is mainly a non-vegetarian cuisine but one can find good vegetarian food too. It is a land of coconut and cinnamon. I think coconut milk or coconut is extensively used. It gives a good taste to the food too. Being a South Indian, I can vouch for the taste it imparts to the dish.

Ceylon cinnamon is sweetish in taste and gives a good flavour to the dishes. I have used it  and it is more aromatic than the usual one which we use. Pandan leaves are extensively used in many dishes. Although, Srilankan cuisine looks so familiar to us, it is not exactly the same. The spice mix too is different, the food is more spicy than the Indian cuisine as pepper and cinnamon are abundantly used. But, the bottom line is Indian cuisine is quite similar to it. An Indian in Ceylon will be happy with the food that he get there. 

Srilankan cuisine has many kind of rice based dishes and hoppers . It is mostly served with a coconut milk based curry. I am yet to explore this cuisine, for now I have tried two side dishes, both were good. 

About the event :

Narmadha of Nams Corner suggested Sri Lankan cuisine for the month of August. Thanks to Narmadha, I would not have explored this cuisine. She has many dishes on her blog, I have bookmarked her kallu dodol recipe to make it soon.  I was paired with Preethi, she gave me currry leaf and green chilli, I have made this dish. I gave Preethi, mustard seeds and fennel, she has made flavoursome spice mix used in Srilankan cuisine. 

About the green bean stir fry:

When I was looking for the dishes to prepare, I had so many in mind. Finally, I decided to make Beans Stir Fry as my family loves the  humble vegetable. The ingredients needed are easily available and the cooking is done quickly if you outsource the coconut milk. Here, I made fresh coconut milk for the dish.. It paired well with chapathi. Let us look at the recipe beans curry in coconut milk

Srilankan Green Bean Curry Recipe 

Ingrediients:

• 100 ml thick coconut milk (
• 2 teaspoon oil
• 1 onion
• 3 green chilli
• a few curry leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 150 grams beans
• 75 ml water +100 ml
• salt

Method:

1. To extract coconut milk, soak one cup of fresh  grated coconut in hot water for half an hour. Later, grind it and sieve the mixture. This is the thick coconut milk. 
2. Cut the onion into small pieces.
3. Cut the beans into two inch long pieces.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add onion pieces to it. Saute it for some time until it turns pink in colour
5. Add green chilli and curry leaves to it.
6. Add the beans, give a stir. Allow to cook for sometime.
7. Put turmeric powder, salt and water in it.
8. After two minutes, put the coconut milk.
9. Cover and cook for two minutes. 
10. Green beans curry is ready to serve.

Take a tip:

• You can use tinned coconut milk.
• If you are extracting at home, use only the thick coconut milk. Repeat it second time and use it for any other dish. The milk can be stored in the refrigerator for a day.
• The beans are cut long with a diagonal at the end. 
• I have adapted the recipe from here.

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Srilankan Green Bean Curry

Srilankan green bean curry is a tasty side dish cooked in coconut milk. It makes a good accompaniment with chapathi or steamed rice.

Course dinner ideas, lunch

Cuisine srilanka cuisine

Keyword accompaniments, beans with coconut milk, side dish

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 4 people

Author Jayashree

Equipment

• 1 pan
• 1 knife
• 1 chopping board
• 2 bowls
• 1 serving spoon
• 1 lid cover

Ingredients

• 100 ml thick coconut milk (
• 2 teaspoon oil
• 1 onion
• 3 green chilli
• a few curry leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 150 grams beans
• 75 ml water +100 ml
• salt

Instructions

• To extract coconut milk, soak one cup of fresh  grated coconut in hot water for half an hour. Later, grind it and sieve the mixture. This is the thick coconut milk.
• Cut the onion into small pieces.
• Cut the beans into two inch long pieces.
• Heat oil in a pan, add onion pieces to it. Saute it for some time until it turns pink in colour
• Add green chilli and curry leaves to it.
• Add the beans, give a stir. Allow to cook for sometime.
• Put turmeric powder, salt and water in it.
• After two minutes, put the coconut milk.
• Cover and cook for two minutes.
• Green beans curry is ready to serve.

Notes

If you are extracting at home, use only the thick coconut milk. Repeat it second time and use it for any other dish. The milk can be stored in the refrigerator for a day.
The beans are cut long with a diagonal at the end. 

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Srilankan green bean stir fry

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