North Indian
French Beans Aloo
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French Beans Aloo is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Trim and chop the green beans and cut the potatoes into small cubes.
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Heat the oil in a pan and let the cumin seeds sizzle, then cook the onion and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes.
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Stir in the turmeric, coriander, and chili powder, then add the potatoes and beans and season with salt.
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Toss to coat, add a small splash of water, cover, and cook on medium-low until tender, about 16 minutes.
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Uncover and cook off any water, finish with cilantro, and serve hot with roti.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside French Beans Aloo, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. French Beans Aloo carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 23 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
French Beans Aloo takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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