Recipe for Butter Beans in Garlic and Coconut ( Aurey Bendi ) 
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Yield:
4
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
100 gm butter beans soaked overnight in water
300 gm coconut grated if fresh or desiccated
4 x dried red chillies deseeded stems removed soaked in a little water
2 tsp tamarind pulp diluted in 1 teaspoon of water
6 x tirphal
2 tsp sunflower oil
2 tsp garlic sliced
Instructions:
Instructions: Boil the beans in 600ml water until soft.

Grind the coconut red chillies and tamarind to a paste in a blender adding water as needed from the cooked beans.

Stir the blended paste into the beans very gently and add enough water to make a thick sauce.

Add the salt and tirphal.

Bring to the boil only once.

Remove from the heat.

In a separate pan heat the oil.

Add the garlic and fry for a minute until the aroma fills the air

Pour over the curry.

Stir and serve with rotis or rice

Eaten regularly in the beautiful region of Goa conjuring up visions of Goan beaches at dusk when the notes of the guitar fill the air and curry and rice stalls start their trade.

Serves 4

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