Beans Mushroom Stir Fry With Coconut Milk / Beans Mushoom Poriyal

Beans mushroom poriyal / stir fry is very easy to make side dish with very simple ingredients. This dish is a combination of green beans and mushroom. Both are rich in protein and other vital nutrients which are very good for our health. Here I added coconut milk to the veggies which adds a nice taste to the dish. This can be served with sambar rice, rasam rice, curd rice or chapathi.

Ingredients

1 Cup of Chopped Green Beans
1/2 Cup of Sliced & Chopped Mushroom, I used Baby Bella Mushroom
2 Tbsp of Chopped Red Onion
1 Finely Chopped Big Garlic Clove / 1/2 Tsp of Garlic Powder
1 Heaping Tsp of Sambhar Powder
1 Tbsp of Thick Coconut Milk
1/4 Tsp of Garam Masala
Salt as needed

To Temper

2 Tsp of Oil / Butter
1 Tsp of Mustard
1/2 Tsp of Urad Dal
5 Curry Leaves

Method

Wash and chop the beans and mushroom.
Heat a pan with oil / butter, add mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves, after mustard seeds splutters, add chopped red onion and garlic / garlic powder, saute this for 2 mins until onion turns golden brown.
Add chopped beans, mushroom and salt , fry this for a min. Add sambhar powder and garam masala, fry this for a min, sprinkle some water, cover and cook it for 5 mins in a medium-high flame or until the vegetables turns soft. Open the pan, add coconut milk, mix well with vegetables, cook for another 2 mins and turn off the flame.
Serve hot with sambar rice, rasam rice, curd rice or chapathi.

Tips

If you don’t have coconut milk, instead you can use cow’s milk.
If you don’t have sambhar powder, use 2 tsp of coriander powder, 1 tsp of red chilly powder and 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
If you don’t have any masala, just use salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Health Benefits of Green Beans and Mushroom

Green Beans

Rich source of dietary fiber, folates, vitamin B6 and vitamin A.
Rich in anti-oxidant, protein and good for cardiovascular system.
They are good immune booster.

Mushroom

Good for weight loss.
Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Good for immune function and cardiovascular benefits.
Mushroom are low in calories, cholesterol free and rich in vitamin D and selenium