Spicy Green Beans (masaledar Sem)

Total Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh green beans
• 1 ginger, peeled, chopped (1-inch cube)
• 10 cloves garlic
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons whole cumin seeds
• 1 dried hot red chilies
• 2 teaspoons coriander, ground
• 1 can chopped tomato
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon roasted cumin, ground

Recipe

• 1 trim the green beans and cut them crosswise at 1/4 in intervals.
• 2 put the ginger and garlic into the container of an electric blender or food processor.
• 3 add 1/3 of the water and blend until fairly smooth.
• 4 heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a medium flame.
• 5 when hot, put in the cumin seeds.
• 6 five seconds later, put in the crushed chili.
• 7 as soon as it darkens, pour in the ginger-garlic paste.
• 8 stir and cook for about a minute.
• 9 put in the coriander.
• 10 stir a few times.
• 11 now put in the chopped tomatoes.
• 12 stir and cook for about 2 minutes, mashing up the tomato pieces with the back of a slotted spoon as you do so.
• 13 put in the beans, salt and the remaining water.
• 14 bring to simmer.
• 15 cover, turn heat to low and cook for about 8-10 minutes or until the beans are tender.
• 16 remove the cover.
• 17 add the lemon juice, roasted cumin, and a generous amount of freshly ground pepper.
• 18 turn heat up and boil away all of the liquid, stirring the beans gently as you do so.