Stir Fry Long Beans

There are various ways to stir fry long beans, I have actually done the fermented beans version (Tauco) but this time round I wanted to do more towards the curry vegetable flavor to match my Nasi Uduk. (Recipe)

Of cos you can use the spice paste to cook other ingredients like tofu, cassava leaves or hard boiled eggs. Do play around with the variety.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon oil
• 1 bay leaf 
• 2 big red chillies, thinly sliced diagonally
• 300 gram long bean , cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 tsp palm sugar/sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 250 ml coconut milk

Grind the following into spice paste

• 3 shallots
• 3 cloves garlic
• 4 red bird eye chillies
• 1 big red chillies
• 2 candlenuts 
• 1 cm galangal/lengkuas (I used powder form around 1 tsp)

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a frying pan and stir fry spice paste and bay leaf until fragrant, add red chillies and stir until wilted.
2. Add the long bean and season with sugar and salt. Mix well.
3. Pour the coconut milk and bring to a boil. Keep cooking until the sauce is slightly reduced, about 5 minutes.
4. Turn off heat and serve immediately.