Lilva Beans & Tomato Sambhar

I recently picked a packet of fresh lilva beans from chinese store, eventhough they are frozen..i love this green lilva beans very much and havent had them since a long,needless to say that i was very happy to get this rare precious lilva beans..I wanted to make them as curries or either gravies,finally i went to prepare them as varuthu aracha sambhar along with some tomatoes, both together works out wonder and the picture itself will say how tasty this gravy was..Since i prepared a special spice powder for making this sambhar it doesnt need sambhar powder and the taste was totally different from the usual one..Yep as usual i tried adding some different spices to prepare the special spice powder for this gravy in which i have added some anardana seed powder to give them a slight tanginess..We enjoyed this sambhar with papads and rice, loved it...This sambhar goes directly to Jagruti's & Priya's CMT-Dal/Kadhi/Sambar/Rasam and to CWS-Anardana Seeds guest hosted by Jayasri..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Toor Dal(cooked)
• 2cups Lilva beans
• 1no Onion(chopped)
• 3nos Tomato(Juicy & chopped)
• 1/2tsp Lemon juice
• 1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
• 1/2tsp Mustard seeds+Urad dal
• 1/4tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt
• Oil
• Curry leaves

To Grind:

• 1tsp Fenugreek seeds
• 2tbsp Coriander seeds
• 5nos Red chillies
• 1tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2tsp Asafeotida powder
• 1tbsp Channa dal
• 1tsp Anardana powder
• 1tbsp Grated coconut

Method:
Dry roast all the ingredients given in the list 'to grind' one by one and grind as fine powder and keep aside...Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds,urad dal, cumin seeds, asafoetida powder and allow it to splutters..add the chopped onions, chopped tomatoes and fry well, now add the lilva beans,curry leaves and saute for few minutes..

Add the cooked dal along with enough water,salt and mix well..Add now the enough grounded spice powder, turmeric powder,cook until the beans get well cooked..Finally add the lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves..

via Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes