9 simple and nutritious ways of enjoying French beans at home

French beans, or green beans, are one of the most boring veggies that often don't get the spotlight they deserve. But did you know they are low in calories, high in fiber, and full of vitamins A, C, and K, which makes them great for digestion, heart health, and even keeping your skin looking fresh? Here we have curated a list of nine simple and nutritious ways of enjoying French beans at home. Take a look.

To make this side dish, you need to heat butter and add garlic cloves to it. Toss the beans with onion dices, capsicum, soy sauce, and mild spices. Garnish with spring onion and sesame seeds.

This is a very famous dry dish, where diced potatoes and chopped beans are cooked in a kadhai with a tempering of mustard oil, garlic, cumin, and green chilli. It is seasoned with turmeric and salt and is enjoyed with rice and roti too.

To make this salad, you need to blanch the beans and then mix them with cherry tomatoes, olives, and orange juice and honey vinaigrette. Enjoy it chilled with some sour dough bread on the side.

This is a classic way of enjoying tender beans, where you heat butter and add garlic and pepper and then stir fry French beans until they turn soft and crunchy, Enjoy them with soup on the side.

This is a South Indian style side dish made with tender French beans cooked in coconut oil and is tossed with grated coconut, mustard seeds, and curry leaves.

This is a classic Indo-Chinese recipe, where you saute French beans in a tempering of oil, butter, and garlic, season it with salt, pepper, soy sauce, and vinegar and lastly add cooked rice. Garnish with coriander leaves and spring onion. Enjoy!

It is a classic curry, where you cook onion-tomato paste in a temper of cumin and mustard oil, add ginger garlic paste and then add beans and cook till perfection. It goes well with rice and roti.

This one makes for a healthy and light snack. All you need to do is, cut the head and tail of the beans, and dunk them in tempura batter. Deep fry and serve with a topping of paprika powder.

This is a winter-friendly recipe and to make it, you have to saute beans in butter, garlic, and sesame seeds until al-dante and then add vegetable stock, salt, pepper, and lemon juice Bring it to a boil, add corn flour slurry and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot.

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