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Bendi is the name given to a spicy konkani preparation which is seasoned with coconut oil and garlic. The pulses usually used in this curry are black-eyed beans, green beans,  lima beans, lilva beans, soy beans or double beans. This is a coconut based gravy which is mixed with white rice and eaten. Learnt from mother darling.

Ingredients:
2 cups black eyed beans( beans of your choice choice)
1/4 cup grated coconut
1/2 a small lemon amount of tamarind
12-15 byaadgi red chilly( the wrinkled variety) or red chilly powder equivalent

For seasoning:
10-12 cloves of crushed garlic
2 tsp coconut oil
Salt to taste

How to prepare:
 Cook the beans well with optimum amount of water in a pressure cooker( for about 2-3 whistles). While it cools, prepare a fresh paste or masala using the rest of the ingredients.
Mix the cooked beans and the masala. Add salt as per requirement. Cook till a boil with intermittent stirring. Reduce the flame and cook for ten more minutes.
Season with crushed garlic fried till golden brown in coconut oil. Serve with fresh, hot white rice.