• Heat oil in a pan, add ingredients under seasoning one at a time and saute till the urad dhal turns golden in color.
• Add the chopped flat beans and salt and mix well.
• Sprinkle some water (about 1/4 cup) for the beans to get cooked and cover it with a lid. Keep the pan in medium low flame.
• Keep stirring in intervals to see that water has not dried up.
• If the beans is not yet cooked, sprinkle some more water and cover it and cook till the beans are tender and soft.
• Finally, add the coconut, mix well and turn it off.

Tips

• You can have this as a side for sambar rice, rasam rice or dal rice.
• You can also steam the flat beans separately in a vegetable steamer and make the same recipe with the seasonings listed. You don’t need to sprinkle water with the beans since they are already steamed.
• The same method can be followed for other vegetables like Carrot, Green Beans, Beetroot, and Runner beans.