Subzi

Description

Vegetables North Indian-style

Ingredients

• 1 lb fresh green beans cut into 1" lengths or any other vegetable like cauliflower florets, potatoes or carrots and peas
• 1" thick piece of ginger chopped
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup water
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 tsp whole cumin seeds
• 2 tsp ground coriander seeds
• 2 medium tomatoes peeled (put tomatoes in very hot water for a few seconds, peel off the skin and finely chop)
• salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• lemon juice to taste
• cilantro

Procedures

1. Heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a medium flame.
2. When hot, put in the cumin seeds.
3. Stir for half a minute.
4. Pour in the ginger-garlic.
5. Stir and cook for about two minutes.
6. Put in the coriander and stir a few times.
7. Put in the chopped tomatoes.
8. Stir and cook for 2 minutes while mashing the tomato pieces with the back of a slotted spoon.
9. Put in the vegetables and salt and one cup of water and simmer them.
10. Cover, turn heat to low and cook for 8 – 10 minutes or until the beans are tender and steamed and the water has been absorbed.
11. Remove the cover.
12. Add the lemon juice and a generous amounts of freshly ground pepper.
13. Garnish with cilantro.