Ingredients:

• 500g – string beans or Cluster beans (select beans which are not tender and usually we do not use them for curries)
• Salt
• Oil for deep frying
• Red Chilli powder for sprinkling

Method:

1. Remove fibrous portion and cut the beans into two.
2. Boil them with some water and salt till tender and the water is absorbed completely.
3. Spread them on a clean plastic sheet and put them under the sun to dry (takes about 2 to 3 days)
4. Preserve in an airtight tin.
5. Fry in hot oil till crisp whenever needed.
6. Sprinkle a pinch of red chilli powder and toss.
7. Serve these crispies with rice and hot sambhar.

Recipe courtesy of Uma Devi Ramachandra