Gawar Sabzi (Cluster beans)
An easy and healthy vegetarian side that can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil canola/sunflower/vegetable
- ½ white onion thinly sliced in half rings
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp ginger paste
- ½ tsp garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 roma tomatoes diced
- 12 oz gawar found in specialty Indian stores
- 2 large potatoes peeled and diced
Instructions
- If you bought frozen gawar or cluster beans, thaw them before starting.
- Heat oil in a saucepan, and add onions. Fry onions on medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Add cumin seeds and fry till aromatic.
- Add ginger and garlic paste.
- Continue to fry onions till they are soft and translucent.
- Add a splash of water to deglaze the pan, and add diced tomatoes. Fry tomatoes and adding remaining spices and salt.
- Once the tomatoes have softened, add gawar. Lightly fry for a few seconds.
- Add the diced potatoes, and coat in masala.
- Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid, and let the potatoes steam on low heat for about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Serve with roti or daal chawal.