Valache Birde | Dalimbi Usal | Vaal Sabzi | Field Beans Curry (Lima Beans)
Valache Birda is a simple flavourful coconut-based curry. Vaal in English is called Field Beans, Lima Beans or Hyacinth Beans. This is a super simple recipe to make if you have sprouts at hand. This is a vegan, protein-rich and delicious curry recipe that pairs best with flatbreads like chapati & paratha.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Sprouted and Skinless Kadve Val (Field Beans)
- 1 cup Freshly Scraped Coconut
- 1/2 cup Coriander Leaves
- 5-6 Garlic Cloves
- 3 Green Chilles
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1/4th teaspoon Hing (asafoetida)
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- Jaggery (Gul) or 1tsp Sugar
- Salt to taste
- Water, for cooking
Instructions
For Coconut & Coriander Masala (Hirva Vaatan)
- In a blender, add freshly scrapped coconut followed by coriander leaves (cilantro), roughly cut green chillies, and peeled garlic cloves. Without water blend it to a fine paste.
- Our coconut & coriander masala is ready.
To Make The Curry
- In a thick bottom saucepan heat 2 teaspoons of oil. Add mustard seeds and allow them to crackle. Add hing (asafoetida), and turmeric powder followed by coconut masala.
- Sauté this masala on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Now add the sprouted skinless vaal / field beans and mix all the ingredients well.
- Add 2 cups of water to this masala along with salt, jaggery (or sugar).
- Cover and cook the beans / vaal on a medium flame for 10-15 minutes.
- Add water as per your requirement for the gravy. Keep on stirring occasionally.
- Cook till the beans / vaal gets nicely cooked.
- Valache Bhirde / Vaalachi Usal / Dalimbi Usal / Sprouted Field Beans Curry is ready.
- This sprout curry goes best with flatbreads and steamed rice.
- In flatbreads, it goes very well with chapati, roti or millet roti (bhakri) also its tastes good with bread.
Notes
Instead of field beans / kadve vaal you may use any kind of sprout available but the taste will differ. I sometimes use green mung beans.
You may store the coconut masala in the refrigerator for about 4 days and use it when needed.