Green beans poriyal: Savoury spiced green beans | Periuk.my

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp urad dal aka ulundu paruppu or black gram (optional)
• 1 dried chilli, broken in half
• ½ sprig or 6 curry leaves
• 1 pinch hing or asafoetida (optional)
• 300g green beans or haricot verts, cleaned and trimmed into ½-inch slices
• 30g grated coconut, fresh or freshly frozen (optional)
• Salt to taste
• 1 pinch sugar (optional)