Masaledar Sem (Spicy Green Beans) Recipe

Ingredient:

• Green beans (Trim the end sand then cut the beans in half crosswise.) - 1 1/2 lb.
• Fresh ginger (Peel and chop coarsely.) - 1 1/2" long and  1" thick piece
• Garlic peeled - 10 cloves
• Water - 1 cup
• Vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons
• Whole cumin seeds - 3 teaspoons
• Ground coriander seeds - 2 teaspoons
• Tomatoes, peeled - 2 medium
• Freshly ground pepper to taste
• Lemon juice (or to taste) - 3 tablespoons

Method:

1. Put ginger and garlic into a food processor and add 1/2 cup water. Blend
until fairly smooth.
2. Heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a medium flame. When
hot, put in the cumin seeds. Stir for half a minute.
3. Pour in the ginger-garlic paste. Stir and cook for about two minutes.
Put in the coriander and stir a few times.
4. Put in the chopped tomatoes. Stir and cook for 2 minutes while mashing the tomato pieces with the back of a slotted spoon.
5. Put in the beans and salt and one cup of water and simmer them.
6. Cover, turn heat to low and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the beans
are tender.
7. Remove the cover. Add the lemon juice and a generous amount of
freshly ground pepper.
8. Turn up the heat and boil away the remaining liquid, stirring the beans
gently as you do so.