MASALEDAR SEM (SPICY GREEN BEANS)

Ingredients:

Ingredients:
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1 1/2 lb.  Green beans (Trim the ends and then cut the beans in half
           crosswise.)
1 1/2"     long and Fresh ginger (Peel and chop coarsely.) 1" thick piece
10 cloves  Garlic peeled
1 cup      Water
4 tblsp    Vegetable oil
3 tsp      Whole cumin seeds
2 tsp      Ground coriander seeds
2          medium Tomatoes, peeled (put tomatoes in very hot water for a
           few seconds, peel off the skin and finely chop.)
to taste   Salt
Freshly ground pepper
3 tblsp    Lemon juice (or to taste)

Method:

Method:
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Put ginger and garlic into a food processor and add 1/2 cup water.
Blend until fairly smooth.
 
Heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a medium flame.  When hot,
put in the cumin seeds.  Stir for half a minute.  Pour in the
ginger-garlic paste.  Stir and cook for about two minutes.  Put in the
coriander and stir a few times.
 
Put in the chopped tomatoes.  Stir and cook for 2 minutes while mashing
the tomato pieces with the back of a slotted spoon.  Put in the beans
and salt and one cup of water and simmer them.  Cover, turn heat to low
and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the beans are tender.
 
Remove the cover.  Add the lemon juice and a generous amount of freshly
ground pepper.
 
Turn up the heat and boil away the remaining liquid, stirring the beans
gently as you do so.