Beans with Tomato Yogurt Sauce

•French beans…………………………… 20-25

•Ginger………………………………….. 1 inch piece

•Red chilies whole……………………… 2

•Skimmed milk yogurt…………………... 1 ½ cups

•Maize flour (makki atta)………………... 1 tbsp

•Tomatoes………………………………... 3 medium sized

•Oil……………………………………….. 2 tsp

•Salt……………………… ……………. To taste

1.String French beans, wash and cut into three-inch long pieces. Blanch in salted boiling water until cooked. Strain, (reserve the water to use as stock) refresh in cold water and let drain.

2.Slit cooked beans into two.

3.Peel, wash and grind ginger. Remove stems and crush whole red chilies.

4.Blend together skimmed milk yogurt and maize flour.

5.Wash tomatoes, make a cross with a knife and blanch in two cups of boiling water for fifteen seconds. De-skin, deseed and chop finely.

6.Heat oil in a non-stick pan.

7.Add ginger paste. Sauté for half a minute.

8.Add tomatoes and continue to cook for two to three minutes.

9.Reduce heat, add blended yogurt, salt to taste and stir continuously.

10.Warm the cooked bean bundles just before serving by briefly dipping them in boiling hot water or stock. Top with the prepared yogurt sauce.

11.Sprinkle with crushed red chilies and serve hot.