Ingredients:

• ½ lb string beans
• ½ cup red onions thinly sliced
• 2-3 cloves garlic chopped into small pieces
• 2 small tomatoes chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon curry powder
• 1 ½ cups water
• 4 dried red chilies broken into 2pieces
• Strand of curry leaves

Method:

• Wash and cut string beans into one-inch pieces.
• In a saucepan add oil and when hot, add onion and garlic and sauté until lightly golden
• Add chopped tomato, salt, chili powder, curry powder, curry leaves and cook on low flame until tomatoes are cooked and become sauce consistency
• Add cut beans to the saucepan, add water and cover and cook until beans are cooked and gravy thickens
• In a skillet add a little oil and fry dried red chilies.
• Once red chilies turn dark pour chilies with little over the cooked beans
• Serve warm with rice
• Serves: 3-4 as a side dish