West Indian
Guvar Nu Shaak (Cluster Beans Curry)
Guvar Nu Shaak (Cluster Beans Curry) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb cluster beans
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp besan
- 1/2 tsp jaggery
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup water
How to cook it
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds, letting them crackle.
- Add the cluster beans, turmeric, chili powder, and salt, and toss well.
- Add the water, cover, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender, about 18 to 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle the besan over the beans and toss quickly so it coats evenly without forming lumps, then cook uncovered for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in the jaggery and lemon juice, finish with cilantro, and serve hot with rotli.
Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Guvar Nu Shaak (Cluster Beans Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Guvar Nu Shaak (Cluster Beans Curry) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Pulses
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Guvar Nu Shaak (Cluster Beans Curry) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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Tasty Kathiyawadi Guvar Nu Shak | Easy Gujarati Sabzi Recipe | Jignasha Varma
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