Come Sunday and this is a regular meal at our house. I have been making this for almost 3 years now and strangely none of us are tired of eating the same old stuff. One week I use Lima Beans and the other week I use Black Eyed Beans. I also make oven baked potato fries and a salad/kosambari to go along with this. I make different salads each week and sometimes make this easy and simple avocado boat salad.
The subzi and the salad go well with chapathi/roti and as always the playa, saaru, salad goes well with rice as well.
Ingredients: (Lima Beans Subzi)
- 1 cup dry Lima Beans (soaked overnight)/ use Black eyed beans as substitute
- 1 small onion, chopped
- Mustard seeds
- Turmeric
- 3-4 green chillies
- Jeera seeds
- 2 tsp ginger (optional)
- 3-4 curry leaves
- handful chopped coriander leaves
- Salt
- oil
Procedure: (Lima Beans Subzi)
- Make sure that the beans are soaked overnight or for about 8-10 hours in enough water.
- Drain the water completely and pressure cook the beans using sufficient water. (Be careful as the Lima Beans cooks very fast, I usually turn it off after 2 whistles). (Also it does not matter if some the beans gets over cooked and turns into paste, continue with same steps below).Allow to cool.
- Take a heavy bottom pan. Add oil and prepare the seasoning with mustard, curry leaves, jeera seeds.
- Add the onion and green chillies and sauté until the onion turns transparent. Add turmeric, salt and mix well.
- Meanwhile open the pressure cooker and drain the cooked water into another vessel completely (do not throw this water away; this is used for making the rasam).
- Add the cooked beans to the onion mixture and stir well. Check for taste. Add more salt, chillies, turmeric is required.
- Finally add ginger(optional) and garnish with coriander leaves.
Ingredients: (Lima Beans Saaru)
- 1 medium tomato, chopped finely
- 2-3 green chillies
- handfulchopped coriander leaves
- 2 Tbsp tamarind pulp
- 6-7 garlic cloves
- 1-2 dried red chillies
- 3-4 curry leaves
- Salt
- oil
Procedure: (Lima Beans Rasam)
- In a separate vessel transfer the pressure cooked water from the beans.
- Add finely chopped tomatoes, tamarind paste, slit green chillies and salt.
- Let this cook on low flame for about 20-25 minutes stirring in between.
- Meanwhile in a separate bowl (for seasoning) add 2 tsp oil. Add all the crushed garlic and stir until it turns light brown. Add curry leaves and red chillies.
- Add this garlic seasoning to the boil rasam and close the lid. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Ingredients: (Avocado Boats)
- 2 ripe avocados
- Turmeric
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 lemon/lime juice
- Salt
- oil
- Pit the avocados and chop into pieces and place it over a plate. (Handle the chopped avocado carefully as it breaks and also tends to stick)
- Sprinkle lemon/lime juice over it and also some salt, oil and red chilli powder. Serve immediately as the avocado oxidizes and discolors fast.
Wow, all of those recipes looks so mouth-watering, RC! Yummy!
Lima Beans curry looks delish. I usually cook the beans on the stove top itself because of the one too many time I had mush on my hands. Got to try the rasam a great way to use up the water which is sadly wasted.
Love baby Lima palya, so buttery!:))
Rasam and Avocado chilli boats, sails me easily!:))
Looks so creamy delicious.
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That was a YUMMY! Subzi. Looks so good. Bean rasam sounds healthy. Loved the spicy Avocado. Looks like spicy raw mangoes. YUM!
The lima beans subzi has all my attention.. and that menu sounds mouthwatering – no wonder you guys aren’t tired of it
this is like saar upkari
Love all of these recipes. I am a sucker for rasam and the color of those avocado boats is to die for!!
everything looks deleciousssss rc
Thanks Uma.
Thanks ISG. I tried cooking the beans on stovetop and it takes a long time. It depends on the beans also I guess, sometimes they are so hard that it takes 4 whistles in the pressure cooker.
Thanks Asha.
Thanks Happy Cook.
Thanks Sukanya.
Thanks Laavanya. Tell me about it
We are still not tired of this menu to date 
yeah Raaga, we call it Lima Beans Saar ani upkari at home.
Thanks Kalai.
Thanks Sagari.
Wow!! Subzi looks amazing!!
Lovely recipes….liked the avacado boats every much,looks eay and tasty..
You know, I have never been a fan of lima beans, but a few bites of this rasam would change all that I am sure.
Nice curry …. love your version
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