Recipe

Coconut Green Beans

All Recipes / Vegetable / Asian / Dinner / Healthy / Vegetarian

Green beans cooked in spices and coconut milk. 100% vegan. Great as a main course with cooked rice and your favourite Asian bread. 

4
10 minutes
20 minutes +
Stove top cooking

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion
    - red or white, chopped
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 large piece of fresh ginger
    - peeled and roughly chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
    - or quality vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 5 curry leaves
    - fresh or dried
  • 1 tbsp mild curry powder
  • 1 x 400g can coconut milk
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2-3 whole red dried chillies
  • 300g runner beans
    - string removed and sliced
  • 1 large lemon
    - juice only
  • Seasoning to taste
    - salt and black pepper

Instructions

  • Make onion paste:
  • 01 In a blender, combine onion, turmeric, ginger, garlic, pinch of salt and 1 tbsp of coconut oil.
  • Begin cooking:
  • 02 Heat remaining oil in a large shallow pan. Throw in the mustard seeds and curry leaves and toast until seeds crackle. Now add the onion paste and cook until sticky. Stir through the curry powder. Pour in the coconut milk, add cinnamon stick and chillies. Bring to a simmer. Add all the green beans. Taste to check the seasoning and add all the lemon juice. Cook until beans are soft and tender.
  • Serve:
  • 03 Take to the table hot. Enjoy with cooked rice and Asian breads.

Notes

Any type of green beans works well in this recipe, frozen or fresh. Can be made ahead of time and reheated. Left overs are great the next day.

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