Spicy Indian Green Beans, Gujarati Style Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 0.25 cup vegetable oil
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon black mustard seed
• 1 dried red chile pepper, crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon white sugar
• ground black pepper to taste