Avaraikkai poriyal, a simple and mildly spiced stir-fry with broad beans. The dry curry takes literally 15 minutes to make, if you are ready with chopped broad beans.
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Avarakkai is the tamil name for broad beans, they are also known as field beans in english. in other Indian languages, these are known as avarakelu, chikkudugaya, val papdi, valor, sem ki phalli.
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What is Poriyal
Poriyal, tamil name given to dry curries made with vegetables. It is a simple stir-fry of any vegetable with chilies, finished with coconut. Poriyals are regular in south-indian homes. Beans Poriyal, carrot poriyal are some everyday recipes in our kitchens.
In Tamil cuisine, such poriyals/stir-fries, will be part of a festival menu where the spread is like 2 Curry, Dal/Kootu, Sambhar, Rasam, Vadai and Payasam.
Coz mostly one of the curries will be deep-fry/spicy roast and other will be a simple saute. This broad beans poriyal is an easy to make, quick recipe that serves as a tasty accompaniment with rice and rasam.
The Festive Menu
This avaraikkai poriyal/flat beans poriyal was made as part of the Tamil New Year’s festive menu. Tamil cuisine festive menu is usually served on a banana leaf with few many dishes.
A traditional tamil brahmin lunch served on a banana leaf. The dishes served from left to right, Mango Pachadi, Avaraikkai/Broad Beans Curry, Sweet Potato Fry, Mint-Coriander Lentil Vada, Vendaikai Thayir Pachadi/Okra Raita, Applam, Capsicum Sambhar, Carrot Kootu, Paruppu Rasam, Yellow Pumpkin Kheer.
How to make Avaraikkai poriyal(step-by-step)
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions.
- Wash and drain the avaraikkai in colander and roughly wipe them with a cloth. Remove the tops and tail using a sharp knife, while doing so remove the stringy part of the veggie.
- Gather 4-5 beans together and chop them into thin slices.
- Heat a heavy bottom pan with oil. Temper with mustard, hing, curry leaves and chilies. Add the chopped avarikkai.
- Add turmeric and salt, sprinkle little water. Cover and cook in a slow flame for 6-8 minutes. Remove cover, check doneness, add fresh coconut and mix well.
- Take it off the flame, remove it to a serving bowl. This is important to retain the color of the vegetable, if left in the same pan, the residue heat might make the beans look pale.
- Serve this simple and delicious subzi with rice.
Avariakkai poriyal | Broad beans stir-fry | How to make Avaraikkai poriyal
Ingredients
- 4 cups chopped avaraikkai/broad beans val papdi/flat beans
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
Tempering
- 2 teaspoon oil i used coconut oil, any cooking oil can be used
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds/kadugu
- 3-4 nos broken red chilies, i used round variety
- ⅛ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
- a sprig of curry leaf
Instructions
- Wash and towel dry the broad beans. using a sharp knife remove the tops and bottom of the vegetable along with the string. Gather 4-5 beans together at a time, and chop them into thin slices.
- Heat a heavy bottom kadai with oil, when hot, splutter mustard seeds, add chiilies, hing, and curry leaves.
- To this sizzling tempering add the chopped beans, mix well.
- Add turmeric powder, and salt to this. Sprinkle little water, cover and cook in a medium flame for 6-8 minutes.
- While cooking beans, it is important not to add too much water, this will cause the beans to lose it vibrant color and we will lose all the nutrients too. So while cooking just sprinkle water.
- After 6-8 minutes, open the pan, check whether the beans is cooked by crushing a few in your hands, it would be soft. Now to this add coconut, mix well.
- After adding coconut, let it sit for 2 minutes more. Take it off the stove, remove the cooked avaraikkai poriyal to another serve-ware to retain the color. If you don't remove the residue heat will continue to cook and cause the beans to lose its color and turn pale.
- Serve this simple and easy avaraikkai poriyal with rice.
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
This simple avaraikkai poriyal pairs well with rice and rasam. A homey and comfort food on a weekday.
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Chef Mireille
wonderful display..pumpkin kheer I want to try!
Lata Lala
This stir fry broad beans sabzi looks so delicious. So good for the busy days when you are short on time it’s ready under 15 minutes.
Jayashree
It is commendable that you take so much trouble to ensure that your child keeps in touch with his roots.
Shobha
Delicious meal.. I like the green and yellow colour of the banana leaf..looks very decorative.
Jayanthi
Very nice Priya…love the color of yellow pumpkin payasam. Nice spread.
Roshni
Priya… eating meals in the elai is so perfect.
Harini R
Nice spread Priya. I totally agree that our kids must not miss out on the traditions just bcos we are out of India. Lovely dishes!
R
what a festive spread, looks really authentic.
Priya Suresh
Super delicious spread, definitely our kids dont miss our traditions and foods eventhough we rnt in India, just love eating in banana leaf..
Rasi
Super spread priya.. I really miss home.. We made all of these but to eat in plate.. 🙁 very nice. Pumpkin Kheer waiting for recipe!
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Kalyani
Priya – amazing festive spread.. appadiye puthandukku vandhra maadri aachu… lovely combo of vegetables !
Archana Vivek
Nice spread and lovely looking Thali
Usha
Even we make make mango sweet chutney for ugadi but the texture is little different.
The Pumpkin Farm
yummy spread…looks beautiful, so traditional
cookbookjaleela
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chef and her kitchen
nice n delicious spread..looks yumm
Srivalli
What a lovely spread!..everything looks so good..
preeti garg
nice and awesome thali
Priya dharshini
The best meal ,i luv to have during festivals..
Suma Gandlur
Amazing spread!
Padmajha
Nice treat for new year 🙂 . Waiting for the pumpkin kheer recipe…
vidhas
Awesome spread Priya, love the glossy look of mango pachadi. My favourite spread.
Asiya Omar
Superb preparation.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
If I have to pick my favorite green curry, it has to be the avaraikkai curry. Absolutely love this poriyal with tons of coconut. We grow a lot of avarakkai these days and I can’t wait for summer now to enjoy 🙂 That feast is vazhaielai is all I am craving!!
Mayuri Patel
Amazing how every state has a different way of cooking most of the vegetables. We too stir fry val papdi but usually with peas or brinjal. Sometimes we add muthiya too. Will have to try out your simple and delicious looking avaraikkai poriyal. Must be so yummy with coconut.
Poonam bachhav
Love such simple yet flavorful stir fries. We also make a stir-fry with these beans but add roasted peanut powder in it.
Uma Srinivas
This is simple and flavorful stirfry! Perfect combo with rasam and steamed rice! Loved your recipe and pictures!