Gawar Batata Sabji | Cluster Beans & Potato Curry
A nutritous, vegan, diabetic-friendly cury recipe made with basic ingredinets & garnished with roasted peanut powder. This curry goes well with phulka, chapati or as a side dish with dal rice.
Ingredients
- 300 Grams Gavar / Cluster Beans
- 1 Medium Potato
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1/4th teaspoon Hing (asafoetida)`
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 2 teaspoon Goda Masala
- 1 tablespoon Roasted Peanut Powder
- 2 teaspoon Jaggery (Gul)
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- Water to cook the vegetable
Instructions
- Wash the gavar and batata (potatoes) and keep them aside.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let them crackle. Add hing (asafoetida) and turmeric powder.
- Add the cluster beans and sliced potatoes.
- Add jaggery (gul), salt, and 1/4/th cup of water and mix well.
- Cover and cook till beans are half cooked.
- Once half-cooked add red chilli powder and goda masala (in case you do not have goda masala add a teaspoon of cumin-coriander powder). Add water if needed. I have added 1/4th cup of water to make it semi-dry.
- Cover and let the bhaji / sabji cook till the beans and potatoes are soft.
- Once the bhaji / sabji is cooked add 1 tablespoon of roasted peanut powder at the end.
- Gawar Batata Bhaji Maharashtiran Style is ready.
- Serve with phulka, roti or as a side dish with dal rice.
Notes
Before making this sabji, we will need to do some before hand preparation.
- Remove both the ends and strings if any with each of the cluster beans strands / gavar. Break the Gavar strand into half-inch pieces. (You can opt to cut them as well).
- Take a medium-sized potato and cut them into slices, and keep the potatoes in water so that they do not oxidise. (You may also use boiled potatoes here, but the texture and taste would differ).
- This is a Maharashtrian-style bhaji / sabji hence I have used goda masala here. In case you do not have goda masala, add 1 teaspoon of cumin powder along with 1 1/2 teaspoons of Coriander powder.
- Instead of using raw potatoes along with the gawar, you can add boiled potatoes and add them at the end when the bhaji / sabji is almost cooked.
- Usually many a time, cluster beans / gawar is first sauteed or pre-cooked as it is known to be a little hard / though but here in Mumbai we get a relatively soft version hence I normally do not pre-cook this veggie.
- You may also opt to cook this vegetable directly in a pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
