Simba Rai/ Simba Besara

In odiya, Simba means broad beans, called avaraikai in Tamil and Chikkudikaya in Telugu.This particular dish is an East Indian dish, favoured in most of the Bengali and Odiya households.It is also called Simba Besara. Rai and Besara being used to denote those dishes where mustard seed paste is used.



Ingredients

• Broad Beans – 200 grm
• Tomatoes – 200grm
• Mustard seeds – 4tsp
• Garlic – 6 cloves
• Jeera (Cumin Seeds ) – 1 tsp
• Red Chilies Dry – 2pcs
• Curry Leaves – 1 sprig
• Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
• Mustard oil– 2tbs
• Salt to taste

Procedure

• Cut the beans and tomotoes into small pieces and keep aside.
• Grind mustard seeds ( 3 tsp ), cumin seeds ( 1/2 tsp ),dry chilies ( 1 pc ) and garlic, to make a fine paste.
• In a pan, bring to boil one cup of water, add pieces of beans and salt to taste. Leave it on till the beans get cooked.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry chilies and curry leaves.
• After it starts spluttering add tomatoes and fry it till the tomatoes become a pulp.
• Then add the prepared paste and turmeric powder to it. Stir it continuously for sometime.
• Then add the boiled beans to the above paste and frequently stir till the paste gets coated to the beans.
• Add water 1 cup to it and salt to taste, stir well and cover with a the lid.
• Lower flame the flame and let it cook for 10 minutes. Serve it hot as an accompaniment for rice and dal.