Authentic Odia recipe Simba Rai

Simba Rai (Flat beans Curry with mustard paste )

  

As we know this is Winter season and in this season we can find many seasonal vegetables like Carrot (Gazar), Spring Onion(Hari piaj), Capsicum, Green Peas(hare matter), Flat beans(Semfali), etc.

So today my recipes is a winter season recipe. This is an authentic Odia recipe and it is cooked mostly in the western Odisha.

Flat beans have different names in different states. In north India, it is called semfali. But in Odisha, it is called Simba.

Now some Nutri fact about Flat beans:

v  Prevents birth defect

v  Good for heart health      

v  Contain Immune-boosting nutrients

v  Beneficial for Bone health

v  Improve the symptoms of Anemia

v  Helps in weight loss

v  Help in lowering cholesterol level

Ingredients:

Flat Beans	250grms
Potato	2 nos.
Tomato	1 no.
Eggplant	1 medium
Mustard	2 tbspoon
Cumin	1 tbspoon
Red Chilli(dry)	5-6 nos.
Garlic	4-5
Mustard Oil	2 tbspoon
Turmeric
Salt
Kashmiri red Chili powder	(optional)
Sugar	1 tspoon

Simba Rai

Instruction:

1.     Cut all the vegetables in a square. Soak the mustard seed, cumin, and red chili.

2.     Put a kadai on gas and add 1 glass of water. Add all the vegetables to it except tomato. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon turmeric. Cover the lid and cook it for 10 min on medium to high flame. Once it is done then it takes out in a bowl.

3.     Make a smooth Paste of the cumin, mustard, red chilli and garlic.

4.     Then heat a pan on the gas. Once the pan heated properly add 1 tbspoon of mustard oil and one tspoon of mustard seed and 2 red chillis (dry).

5.     Then add chopped tomato. Then add salt and 1tspoon of turmeric and cook the tomato until it soft.

6.     After the tomato got soft add that mustard paste along with some water and cook it for 1- 2 min. (N.B after putting the paste, don’t cook it for more than specified time earlier otherwise it will taste bitter)

7.     Then add all the cooked vegetables and 1 tspoon sugar to it. Cover the lid and cook it for 5-7 min on low flame.

8.     Lastly, add coriander leaves and serve hot.