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Maunika's Shengdana Beanschi Bhaji
Maunika Gowardhan, chef, author, and food writer
Serves: 4 to 5, as a side

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Excerpted from Tandoori Home Cooking: Over 70 Classic Indian Tandoori Recipes to Cook at Home by Maunika Gowardhan. Copyright © 2023. Available from Hardie Grant Publishing.
Green beans charred and topped with roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, chilli and burnt garlic. At my home in Mumbai, cooking green beans with peanuts was always a favourite and a classic recipe within the Maharashtrian community. My base recipe is something my mother made as a ‘gawar ani shengdanyachi bhaji’; stir-fried veg, including local green beans, with crushed peanuts. I loved the idea of making it into a grilled salad that is so versatile and fresh. You can prepare this recipe in advance and warm it through just before serving. For years, I have served this as part of many home-cooked meals and even as a side for Christmas lunch. I have been asked many times for the recipe, so here it is at last!