Still figuring out what is the exact English name for this beans ... Anybody?
To my best search, I could relate or call it as Hyacinth bean seeds.

I was excited to see this in frozen section, its been years since I had them. It can be a tasty snack or a side dish too.

Preparation:
Add 1 tsp of olive oil and add Cumin seeds(1tsp),mustard seeds(1tsp), urad dal(1tsp), curry leaves, red chilly powder(1/2tsp), water(1tbsp).
Mix the Frozen beans in to it and saute them for few mins, add salt. Its Done!
Enjoy as a side dish or just as a snack.


Aahhh! the below pic is the traditional south Indian Coffee cup and saucer, not to mention its my New Love in Kitchen. It exactly holds only five sips of coffee, deliberately brought the cute and tiniest one, so I can enjoy my coffee/tea more than twice a day. This is my best buy of this year. what have you got recently?

Comments (43)

On March 30, 2010 at 1:29 PM , Mary Bergfeld said...

These look delicious. Could they be lima beans?

 
On March 30, 2010 at 5:28 PM , Vrinda said...

WOW that coffee is too tempting n nostalgic...nice quick snack

 
On March 31, 2010 at 1:57 AM , Rumana Rawat said...

looks lovely.. must be very tasty... ;)
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On March 31, 2010 at 3:59 AM , Rowena said...

I don't think I've ever seen this type of been before...but the way in which you prepared it looks delicious! I love all of those spices that you mentioned.

 
On March 31, 2010 at 4:00 AM , Rowena said...

ack! I meant to write bean not been!

 
On March 31, 2010 at 4:56 AM , Hayley said...

Looks so delicious and tasty! very much like a butter beans..

 
On March 31, 2010 at 5:25 AM , Jayanthy Kumaran said...

Hy,
First time here...
Lovely collection of recipes with cute pics...I'm following u dear. Do drop in at my blog sometime.

 
On March 31, 2010 at 6:06 AM , taste traveller said...

Are they lupin (or lupini) beans? They look great.

 
On March 31, 2010 at 11:27 AM , cicy said...
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On March 31, 2010 at 11:55 AM , SathyaSridhar said...

woow,,very healthy way eating the pulses as snack,,, looks delicious n yummy dear,,

 
On March 31, 2010 at 12:22 PM , Angie's Recipes said...

The bean snack looks and sounds very healthy and yummy!

 
On March 31, 2010 at 12:25 PM , PranisKitchen said...

Very easy to cook.it's very healthy one too.I add this for veg fried rice preparation.
I really liked the traditional cup and saucer where did u buy that?Don'tforget to answer dear
thanks for the comments yarr u have a wonderful space too

 
On March 31, 2010 at 12:28 PM , Ann said...

Hi Parinis
Thanks for your comment, I got the coffe cup from India :)

 
On March 31, 2010 at 3:37 PM , Pavithra Elangovan said...

Wow looks yummy .. i too love that snack.. great one and healthy .. coffee photo is awesome too.

 
On March 31, 2010 at 5:07 PM , Cool Lassi(e) said...

Love the Lima Bean Curry...very simple to make which is right up my alley.And the Coffee Cup is Too Cute

 
On March 31, 2010 at 6:46 PM , Unknown said...

Love this snack..Beautiful pics!

 
On March 31, 2010 at 8:33 PM , anudivya said...

Ann, those look like Edamame beans.

 
On March 31, 2010 at 8:52 PM , Stella said...

Hey Ann, these beans are lovely. I make this kind of snack all the time. Are those butter beans maybe? By the way, I need some pretty little sipping cups like that. I like to have coffee more than once a day too and I feel bad for drinking so much...

 
On March 31, 2010 at 8:54 PM , chow and chatter said...

oh I make edamame like this and love south Indian filter coffee!

 
On March 31, 2010 at 11:45 PM , Monet said...

I love snacking on beans...my personal favorite is edamame or soy beans. I have enjoyed exploring your site and look forward to more recipes!

 
On March 31, 2010 at 11:55 PM , Pedhakka said...

Wow what a combination !!!

 
On April 1, 2010 at 1:33 AM , Kathleen said...

These both look fabulous! Yum!!!

 
On April 1, 2010 at 2:09 AM , Manju said...

ohh..i have those coffee cups and bowls too..got them from Indian the last time i went. Are these double beans? You should have kept a bean guessing game with just the pic of the bean! :)

 
On April 1, 2010 at 2:46 AM , Anonymous said...

looks super yummy..and v healthy indeed

 
On April 1, 2010 at 3:53 AM , Priya Suresh said...

Woww those beans looks fabulous, protein packed snack..

 
On April 1, 2010 at 4:48 AM , Gita Jaishankar said...

They look like lima beans Ann..looks like a tasty and healthy evening tea time snack....I am in for this :)

 
On April 1, 2010 at 5:18 AM , Shama Nagarajan said...

healthy recipe..nice blog

 
On April 1, 2010 at 5:19 AM , Tina said...

Pass that cofee to me dear..

 
On April 1, 2010 at 12:50 PM , Laavanya said...

Are those lima beans in the picture? That must make for a tasty & filling snack.
I love the cute dabra & tumbler.

 
On April 1, 2010 at 1:21 PM , Subhie Arun said...

thats nice quick snack...love the coffee..frts time here ..u hv nice space..glad to follow u!

 
On April 1, 2010 at 2:29 PM , Usha said...

Looks like lima beans,is that it ? Looks yum and the traditional coffee looks perfect !

 
On April 2, 2010 at 1:39 AM , Oraphan said...

Those look like Edamame beans to me, they are such a great snack!

Your coffee cup and saucer look absolutely lovely!

 
On April 2, 2010 at 5:11 PM , Namitha said...

That's a quick fix....looks awesome..

 
On April 2, 2010 at 7:45 PM , Reeni said...

Those look like edamame/soybeans. I love them - this looks excellent! Very flavorful.

 
On April 3, 2010 at 8:07 PM , ♥peachkins♥ said...

it looks delicious!

 
On April 3, 2010 at 8:49 PM , Kim said...

Those cups are so cute. Love it! Mmm...beans look tasty too.

 
On April 4, 2010 at 3:19 AM , Padhu Sankar said...

Nice and quick snack.

 
On April 4, 2010 at 9:26 AM , Priya dharshini said...

i am the one who gets addicted to coffee in dabara and tumbler..lucky u..beans curry luks delicious.. sweetie..pls collect the award from my blog..

 
On April 4, 2010 at 9:52 AM , Malar Gandhi said...

Aaah ha, filter coffee looks splendid, its been ages I had them in traditional tumblers, love it.

 
On April 6, 2010 at 12:33 AM , Suparna said...

hey Ann ,
So good to see u after a long long time...wonder how I missed a couple of ur post :(
nevertheless...I've gone through the previous posts too and the simplicity and warmth in each post is remarkable :)
Yeah these are lima beans...they are called avrekaal in kannada :)
lovely stir fry :)
Love the coffee cup and tumbler..I too would love to posses this some day

Keep them coming!
TC

 
On April 8, 2010 at 5:21 PM , Judy said...

Your pictures are beautiful!! What a great site...My husband is browsing it right now, telling me all the wonderful recipes we should try on it.

 
On April 8, 2010 at 8:16 PM , Nithu said...

looks delicious and heathy...

 
On April 12, 2010 at 12:50 PM , AJ said...

I just bought the very same coffee cups!! But I like to use them for tea!!