South Indian
Kothavarangai Poriyal (Cluster Beans)
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Kothavarangai Poriyal (Cluster Beans) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is 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 the cluster beans and chop them into small pieces.
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Heat the coconut oil in a pan, let the mustard seeds pop, then add the urad dal and cook until golden.
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Add the dried red chilies and curry leaves and let them sizzle for a few seconds.
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Add the cluster beans, turmeric, tamarind pulp, and salt, toss well, add a small splash of water, cover, and cook on medium-low until tender, about 18 minutes.
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Uncover, cook off any extra moisture, fold in the grated coconut, and cook 2 minutes more before serving.
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Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kothavarangai Poriyal (Cluster Beans), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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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
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kothavarangai Poriyal (Cluster Beans) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
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
- 120 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kothavarangai Poriyal (Cluster Beans) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. 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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