How to make easy sim-er bichir torkari, Indian flat beans seed curry, with potatoes. The flat bean seeds (in Bengali it’s called simer bichi) are boiled and then simmered in a thick gravy made with tomatoes, onions, and ginger and sometimes added with potatoes finished in a warm, spicy, cumin laced sauce.
This is almost the end of winter in Kolkata, in local markets, it is seen some vendors are selling these flat bean seeds. So immediately it stuck in my mind to make a healthy and interesting recipe that can go well with rice or roti in breakfast or launch. You can also make a dal(lentil) with these seeds, in that case, you have to remove the peel of the seeds.
The flat bean seeds are rich in protein, fiber, iron, and vitamins, which can help to prevent many types of diseases, and also a very heart-friendly food.
Main equipment required
Wok/fry pan
Serving plate
Pressure cooker
Ingredients
Simer bichi/flat been seed-250gm
Onion-1 big size
Tomato-1
Potatoe-1
Ginger green garlic paste-1 tbsp
Turmeric powder-1 tbsp
Roasted cumin powder-1/2 tbsp
Red chili powder-1 tbsp
Salt to taste
oil-2 tbsp
Cumin seeds for tempering-1/2 tbsp
Coriander leaves
How to make easy sim-er bichir torkari
Wash the seeds and put it into a pressure cooker with green garlic paste and salt, and keep it for two whistles
Cut the potatoes, onions, and tomatoes in dice shape.
Heat oil in a hard-bottomed pan/ Kadai, throw some cumin seeds for tempering.
As they splutter and sizzle adds the onions and ginger-garlic paste and fry for a minute. Do not fry more (just onions to be translucent)
Add potatoes and spices e.g. turmeric powder, red chili powder, and cumin powder, mix it properly.
Add tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes, add salt
Now add the pressured cooked seeds, mix well and cover the lid, and allow it to cook for 10 minutes
Uncover the lid and check the salt and consistency of the gravy, if everything is alright add some coriander leaves, then take it out from the oven.
Transfer it to the serving plate and serve hot with rice or paratha.
How to make easy sim-er bichir torkari
Equipment
- pressure cooker
- Serving plate
- A kadai or a fry pan
Ingredients
- 250 gm Simer bichi/flat been seed-250gm/1 and 1/2
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 onion
- 1 potato
- 1 tbsp ginger-green garlic paste
- 1 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1 small bunch coriander leaves
- 1/2 tbsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tbsp red chili powder
- to taste salt
- 1 tomato
- 1/2 tbsp cumin
Instructions
- Wash the seeds and put it into a pressure cooker with greengarlic paste and salt, and keep it for two whistles
- Cut the potatoes, onions and tomatoes in dice shape.
- Heat oil in a hard bottomed pan/ kadai, throw some cuminseeds for tempering.
- As they splutter and sizzle add theonions and ginger-garlic paste and fry for a minute. Do not fry more (justonions to be translucent)
- Add potatoes and the spices e.g.turmeric powder, red chilli powder and cumin powder, mix it properly.
- Add tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes, add salt
- Now add the pressured cooked seeds,mix well and cover the lid, and allow it cook for 10 minutes
- Uncover the lid and check the saltand consistency of the gravy, if everything is alright add some coriander leaves,then take it out from the oven.
- Transfer it to the serving plate andserve hot with rice or paratha.
Notes
Notes: Same way you can prepare the recipe of Rajma and lobiya