BARBATI YARD LONG BEANS CURRY

Yard long  beans  / chinese  long  beans  very  good  for health  , but  most  of  the  people  don't  know  the recipes  with  this  vegetable , including  me  some  time  before , once  my hubi  got  this  from  market  and told  to  learn  and  do  this  as  you  are  a blogger  you  should  learn . As  I am having  friend's  of  different states  in  my neighbour hood  I  went  and  asked  her,   she  gave  me  some  recipes  who is  a  Bengali.

I  made  this  recipe  from  her  mom - inlaws book  ; ) , they  use  mustard oil , I got  afraid as  we don't  use , so I used ghee. 

Ingredients -  

• Yard  long beans - 1 bunch 
• Potatoes - 2 
• Garlic Ginger  paste - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as per 
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Cilantro springs - 1 / 2 cup
• Curry leaves  - 1 string 
• Ghee - 2 tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds - 3 tsp
• Poppy seeds - 2 tsp
• Cloves - 5 
• Cardamom - 2 
• Cinnamon - 1 inch  

Method  of  preparation - 

Firstly  take  a  pan  add  coriander seeds , poppy seeds , cloves , cardamom , cinnamon and  when cool  add  in  a grinder and made  into  a fine  powder - this  is  main  source  for  most  of  curries  for bengali's  it seems . I did it  and it  worked yummy  dish .

Now  powder  is  ready  . so  now  we  go preparation  of  curry 

• Wash   the  yard  beans under  water  and  remove the  ends  and  chop  them  for  inch  in size 
• Peel  the  potatoes and  wash  and  chop  potatoes in small cubes 
• Peel  and  chop  onions 
• Peel garlic pods - 4 and  ginger - 1 inch and  ground  into  fine  paste in  a  mortal {fresh}
• Take  a  pan  add ghee  and  oil  when  hot  add   curry  leaves  , when  it  cracks add chopped  onions and  fry for  a  sec 
• Add  grounded  garlic  ginger  paste and  on medium and  low  flame  fry  to 5 mint's add chopped potatoes and  fry till more 5 - 8 mint's  
• Close  the  lid  and  fry them  in  the  middle by  removing  the  lid 
• Add   prepared  masala powder  , turmeric powder , red  chilli powder and  saute  well on  a low flame ,
• After  4 mint's  add  chopped  yard  beans and  mix  well for more 5 mint's and  add 1 - 2 cups  of  water and  add salt and close  the  lid  and  let  it  cook  until potatoes  soft . 
• Finally  add  chopped  fresh  cilantro springs / coriander leaves and mix  well and  close  the  lid  and  remove  from heat .
• Finally  yard  beans  curry  with  potato  combination  is  ready  for  roti , chepathi etc.,
• You  can  replace  potato   with  raw  banana also .