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French beans with garlic and cummin seeds

Asian  Lactose-Free  Vegetable  Vegetarian 

• Cooking Time: 20
• Servings: 4
• Preparation Time: 5-10
• 600 grams of french beans
• 150 ml. of water
• 3 cloves of garlic, squeezed
• 1 tablespoon of lemonjuice
• salt according to taste
• half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper or a fresh Spanish pepper/chili, chopped
• salt to taste
• 75 ml. of olive oil
• half a teaspoon [or more if you like] cummin seeds

1 mix water, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl

2 heat the oil in a pan and fry the cummin seeds for a few seconds in the hot oil.

3 add the french beans and stirfry for two minutes

4 put the watermixture in the pan and cover

5 bring to the boil, turn the heat low and simmer gently for 15 minutes

6 uncover, turn the heat up and cook the liquid down till only a little, keep moving the beans in the meantime

I like French beans, you can use them in so many dishes and with so many spices and herbs. Cummin seeds are being used a lot in the countries of Central Asia and in India, so is garlic. Combining it with French beans makes a delicious vegetable dish.

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