In an effort to lose 10 pounds I am switching to a mostly vegetarian diet. I already haven’t had any meat in the last two weeks. Anyway, in my opinion, the best way of going vegetarian is with Indian vegetarian cooking. You consume fewer calories by not eating meat—but the food doesn’t make you feel like you’re part of some horrible experiment.
I am planning to document the whole process…making it part of my new year’s resolution…
Below is probably my favorite way of cooking green beans, because the end result is that you almost don’t know that you are eating green beans. The hardest/most tedious part is trimming and cutting the beans.

Ingredients:
4 tbsp of ghee or a mixture of oil and butter
2 tsp of black mustard seeds
1 tsp of cumin seeds
1/2 tsp of crushed dried chilies
1 pound of green beans cut into 1/4 inch pieces
1/2 cup of water
1 tsp of ground coriander
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of sugar
1. Heat the oil and fry the seeds and chilies until the mustard seeds start popping and turn gray.
2. Add the beans and stir-fry 2-3 mins.
3. Add water, cover and cook for about 10 mins.
4. Uncover, add the remaining ingredients, then raise the heat to evaporate any remaining water.
Btw…the recipe comes from here