Green Bean Curry with Coconut Milk
Green Bean Curry has always been a popular dish in our home, except that we never cooked it with any sort of cream or milk. This Green Bean Curry with Coconut Milk is a first for me but it was amazing.
Green Bean Curry with Coconut Milk
I have seen recipes for Green Bean curry with coconut milk, cooked the Sri Lankan way. I thought let me follow my usual recipe and just add coconut milk to it, I didn’t regret it.
Surprisingly this Green Bean Curry with Coconut Milk tasted divine, I was a bit sceptical about what it would taste like but I loved it. Will definitely be cooking this dish again.
We do cut up our green bean a little differently when using it in a curry. It is sliced thinly and sort of diagonally, I think the reason for this was for quick cooking time.
Not sure if there’s another reason but it’s how my mum did it and it works well.
You can serve this Green Bean Curry With Coconut Milk with some Basmati rice or roti. I personally prefer it with roti, almost all veggie curries taste delicious with roti.
This dish is an easy dish to cook and only takes 30 minutes. The only difficult thing is cutting up the green beans.
I must admit I am not a fan of cutting up vegetable. I do it because I am forced to…Lol!
Sometimes depending on my mood it can be therapeutic. Otherwise it feels like a tedious task. So if you are like me get someone else to cut up the veggies…haha!
Cooking the Green Beans
It is always nice when veggies have a slight crispness to it. If you prefer soft vegetable then go for it.
However, I find Green Beans shouldn’t be overcooked but not undercooked either. Another plus with this dish is that you do not require too many spices.
As I always maintain you don’t always need tons of different spices to cook a delicious curry. Some dishes need minimal spice and still tastes great.
My mum-in-law is one of those cooks that never uses a whole lot of different spices and yet her food is always super delicious. Did I say LOVE is the key to cooking a tasty dish?
You better believe it is. If your food is cooked with love it will taste amazing everytime.
I hope you enjoy this curry as much as we do. If you do try it please drop me a comment and a star rating. It is always appreciated.
More Vegetarian Recipes to try:
Chickpea Butternut Curry with Coconut Milk
Green Bean Curry with Coconut Milk
Ingredients
- 350 gram green beans sliced diagonally
- 1 tbsp butter ghee
- 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1 onion finely sliced
- 1 green chilli slit into halves
- 1 sprig curry leaf
- 1 large garlic clove minced
- 1/2 tspn turmeric
- 2 tspn masala
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup coconut milk or coconut cream
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- lemon juice just a few drops
- salt
Instructions
- Heat oil, add onion, fenugreek seeds, curry leaf and chilli
- When onion is translucent add garlic and fry for minute
- Add tomato paste, masala and turmeric. Add a few drops of water and fry for a minute
- Add coconut milk and simmer for 2 minutes
- Add the sliced green beans and season with salt. Simmer on medium to low heat until green beans is cooked. If it gets too dry add a few drops of water
- Drizzle a little bit of lemon juice and sprinkle the garam masala over the curry. Serve hot with rice or roti
Absolutely delicious
Thank you so much Yvonne:-)