Baby kailan stir fry with brown beans

Buy baby kai-lan, I mean young kai-lan. Kai-lan has a strong taste. It is also slightly bitter. Young kai-lan has a relatively milder and less bitter taste. Hence I am using baby kai-lan instead of mature one.

Baby kailan stir fry  with brown beans

The ingredients used in this recipe will remove the bitterness and will give it a pleasant taste. Even the mature kai-lan will taste good with these ingredients.

                                      Recipe Summary
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                  Baby kailan stir fry  with brown beans

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

1. Soak 100 grams dried brown beans over night and boil for 30 minutes and leave it in a strainer to dry.

Baby kai-lan

2. In a large pan heat 2 tbsp oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low add 1 dry chili. 

3. Then add 1 onion, chopped, and fry for 8 minutes, stirring frequently.

4. Add one red and one green chili pieces,sliced thin; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; and 5 grams ginger, grated.

5. Fry for 1 minute, stirring frequently to ensure that the ingredients do not get burnt.

6. Add ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp fennel seeds and fry for 10 

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seconds. 

7. Add 250 grams kai-lan, chopped and fry for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

8. If it is dry at this stage add half-a-cup of water.

9. Add boiled brown beans and fry for 2 minutes.

10. Add 75 grams grated coconut and fry for 2 minutes.

Baby kailan stir fry  with
 brown beans

11. Add 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper powder and stir.

12. Fry for 1 minutes.
13. Taste for seasoning and adjust.




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                     Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

Main

250 grams kai-lan, chopped

100 grams dried  brown beans

Baby kai-lan

Others
1 onion chopped 

4 garlic cloves, sliced

5 grams ginger, grated

1 green chili, sliced thin
1 dry chili cut  small

1 red chili, sliced thin
½ tsp salt

 Spices

½ tsp cumin

½ tsp fennel seeds

½ tsp pepper powder

75 grams grated coconut

2 tbsp vegetable oil

          Ingredients for Baby kailan stir fry  with brown beans

Preparation

Soak the brown beans over night and boil for 30 minutes and leave it in a strainer to dry.

Method

In a large pan heat 2 tbsp oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low add dry chili. If the vapor from the dry chili irritates you add the onion or omit frying the dry chili.

Then add onion and fry for 8 minutes, stirring frequently.

Frying onion

Add red and green chili pieces, garlic and ginger.

Fry for 1 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure that they do not get burnt.

Adding red and green chili pieces, garlic and ginger.

Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds and fry for 10 seconds. You can add cumin and fennel seeds with the dry chili but must take care not to burn.

Adding cumin seeds, fennel seeds

Add Kai-lan and fry for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

If it is dry at this stage add half-a-cup of water.

Adding Kai-lan 

Add boiled brown beans and fry for 2 minutes.

Adding boiled brown beans

Add coconut and fry for 2 minutes.

Adding coconut

Add salt and pepper powder and stir.

Fry for 1 minutes.

Taste for seasoning and adjust.

The dish is ready. This is a filling dish. It can be served as a side dish or served with rice. 

Baby kailan stir fry  with brown beans