Payar Thoran—Long beans with coconut is a popular dish from my hometown. The long beans coconut stir-fry, also called 'Payar Thoran' in my native language, is a very simple dish that needs a handful of ingredients: long beans, onions, green chilies, curry leaves, and shredded coconut. It's a personal preference to add turmeric, which can be added if required. The simple ingredients make this dish taste really good.
Why you'll love this dish?
- The simplicity of making this dish with the main ingredients the long beans being the star and lending its flavors makes it unique.
- You can make this dish very quickly the main effort is chopping the long beans.
- Adding the grated coconut is optional but it gives a unique flavor and it goes well together with the long beans.
- It tastes great with white rice and wheat rotis as well.
Ingredients needed:
- Onion diced
- A bunch of long beans cut into small pieces
- Thai green chilies
- Shredded coconut fresh or frozen
- Mustard seeds
- Turmeric powder
- Sprig curry leaves
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable oil
How to make Payar Thoran?
Splutter mustard seeds in a pan with hot oil and add onions, green chilies and sautée for a while. Next add the shredded coconut, turmeric powder(if using) and sautée again. Finally, add the long beans and salt and keep frying till it wilts a little. Add salt to taste and about a quarter cup water Cover the pan with a lid and cook for about 10 minutes and check often to see if cooked to desired liking.Finally, add the curry leaves and fry again.
Variations in making Payar Thoran
This is normally a common dish in almost every household in my home town with probably a slight variation to the spices like the addition of garlic and dried red chillies as ingredients. Other variations are in the different ways the long beans are cut, some prefer to cut it an inch long. I usually prefer to cut it into really small pieces. Long beans can be easily found in any Asian grocery. It is a great option for vegetarians and goes well as a side dish with rice or Rotis.
If you loved this you may also like another similar recipe Cabbage Thoran.
Long beans stir fry (Payar Thoran )
Ingredients
- ½ onion diced
- 4 cups long beans cut into small pieces
- 3-4 Green chillies Thai
- ¾ cup coconut fresh or frozen grated
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- 4-5 tbsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for it to splutter
- Add onions, green chillies and sautée for a while
- Next add the shredded coconut, turmeric powder(if using) and sautée again
- Finally, add the long beans and salt and keep frying till it wilts a little
- Add salt to taste and about a quarter cup water
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook for about 10 minutes
- Keep checking from time to time and make sure not to burn or overcook it
- Finally, add the curry leaves and fry for 2 more minutes
- Switch off the flame, long beans stir fry is ready to be served!
Nice recipe...love with hot piping rice 😋
Yes that is a great combination! Thanks Jyo!
Love this 😋😋 tastes best with rasam rice!!!!
Yes Anusha, goes well with rasam rice !Thank you!
Absolutely delicious recipe...Loved it !!
Thank you so much ,very simple as well!
I would love to have your stir fried beans with rasam sadham !
Sure Megala, that's one of my favorite combination as well 🙂 Thank you!