Healthy Beans and Carrot Sabzi Recipe

Ever thought of loving green vegetables and craving for more greens? If your answer is No, then you have stopped at the right post. I have decided to put some healthy tasty recipes made with green vegetables every once in a while. Usually kids refrain from eating green vegetables and throw tantrums but below recipe steals the show. Though this is a known curry prepared in Southern part of India but I have made it in a different way. Hope you'll like it. :)

All said and done, presenting a yummy recipe involving two main ingredients: beans (French beans, soya beans or any beans of your choice) and carrot. Benefits are endless.

Benefits in a nutshell:

Beans: High fiber, full of proteins, many minerals and vitamins and low calories.

Carrot: High fiber, excellent source of vitamin A, lots of other minerals and vitamins and very low in calories.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

3 finely chopped Carrots

200 grams finely shopped French Beans

1 finely chopped Onion

1 finely chopped Potato (This is totally optional)

2 tablespoon of Poppy Seeds (Khus khus/posta dana)

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

4-5 tempered Curry Leaves

Salt for seasoning

Oil for cooking (Any cooking oil that you use)

Method:

• Take little oil in a pan, heat it and add onions and cook for a minute on medium.
• Add potatoes (optional) and beans, cook for 3 minutes on medium flame, stirring continuously.
• Finally add carrots, turmeric and cook on medium to high for 10minutes stirring continuously or till thoroughly cooked.
• Add Poppy seeds and salt and cook for a minute more.
• Garnish with tempered curry leaves.

Serve as main dish for lunch or dinner with chappatis / rotis.

Hate greens? Probably not anymore!