Kitchen Trails - Stir fried Four angled beans with dried shrimps and cilipadi

This is a dangerous dish for me as I can take bowls and bowls of rice with it, and that's not good for my super high triglyceride levels!!

Four angled bean or winged beans are a good source of fibre, folates and nutrients. Try and get the younger pods, as it's crunchier and less chewy.

Four angled beans - washed and drained and cut into 1cm lengths

Garlic, skinned

Onions, skinned and quartered

Cilipadi, washed, stem removed and cut into 2

Red chillies, washed and stem removed and cut into 4 quarters

Dried shrimp, washed and drained

Using a pestle and mortar, pound the garlic, onions and chillies into fine chunks. A blender can be used to blitz these ingredients, but somehow, pounding them gives it an extra edge in releasing the flavours

In a pan, heat up olive oil, add the dried shrimps and the pounded ingredients and stir fry over a low to med-low heat, stirring constantly and turning over. Fry for 5 minutes. Add the four angled beans and stir fry for a few more minutes, add in a couple of tablespoons of water to soften the beans a little bit. Dish up and serve hot

A little side note: the pestle and mortar is called a lesung tumbuk and somehow food/ingredients that are pounded always tastes better and a little different from those prepared with a blender or a food processor. The pounding is also quite therapeutic. GDONG! GDONG! GDENK! GDUNG! GTOKGTOKGTOK!!!! pound all the aggression away :D