Karamani Poriyal (South Indian Style Yard Long Beans Stir Fry) Recipe
Simple side dish with sauteed yard long beans stir fry with freshly grated coconut and turmeric

Karamani Poriyal is a very traditional South Indian style stir fry, that is very healthy, nutritious and quick to make. Karamani also known as Yard Long Beans, is a very nutritious vegetable having the lowest amount of calories and highest amount of soluble and insoluble fibers making it a perfect food for weight watchers. Addition of red chilli during making the tadka is completely optional.
Serve the Karamani Poriyal with Steamed Rice and Sambar/Rasam for the weeknight meal.
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4 Servings
Ingredients
- 300 grams Green Chawli Beans (Yard long beans/Karamani/Barbati) , chopped
- 2 tablespoons Fresh coconut , grated
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
- 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon Cooking oil
- 6 Curry leaves
- Salt , to taste
- Salt , to taste
How to make Karamani Poriyal (South Indian Style Yard Long Beans Stir Fry) Recipe
To begin making the Karamani Poriyal (South Indian Style Yard Long Beans Stir Fry) recipe, first chop the yard long beans finely.
Grind the grated coconut in a mixer to a dry mix and keep it aside. Using red chilli is completely optional.
Take a wok, pour oil and let it heat. Add the mustard seeds and allow them to crackle. Now add the split urad dal and fry till urad dal turns light brown in colour.
Add the curry leaves, asafoetida and fry for few seconds. Now add the yard long beans.
Season with salt to taste and stir to combine. Cook with the lid on for few minutes till beans are cooked.
Stir-fry the beans for a few seconds on high heat and then turn off the heat.
Lastly, garnish the yard long beans with the ground coconut and red chili mix.
Serve the Karamani Poriyal with Steamed Rice and Sambar/Rasam for the weeknight meal.

Nithya Anantham
"I am an experimental cook by chance!" Yeah! Cooking to me has always been a form of stress buster. What started as a stress busting exercise post work, has now evolved to a much full time activity. I try to improvise the traditional recipes with easy to available ingredients at home. Thus, you will come across a lot of fusion in my cooking style. I try to include seasonal organic produce as much as possible in my cooking.