Avre Bendi

Avre = Navy beans
Bendi = a spicy coconut, chilly and tamarind concoction.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup navy beans
  
• 3 tbsp of grated coconut
• 8-10 dried red chillies
• 1/2 tsp tamarind paste
• 4-6 garlic cloves
• Salt to taste

Note: if navy beans are not available, substitute with small round potatoes, rajma, kidney beans or for that matter any kind of beans.

Preparation:

1. Soaked the beans overnight & boil to cook the next day till soft.
2. Roast the chillies in a little bit of oil on a low flame. You know they are roasted when they lose the wrinkly look and puff up. Cool them a little bit and then grind them with coconut and tamarind into a fine paste.
3. Heat the cooked beans in half a cup of water till they start boiling.
4. Now add the paste, salt and stir mix thoroughly.
5. Fry the garlic in hot oil/ghee for a minute. Add this tempering to the bendi and immediately cover pan.