Sun dried gavar recipe

Jun 07, 2025
By Mary Anthony
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SUN DRIED CLUSTER BEANS /SUN DRY GAVAR /KOTHAVARANGAI VATHAL

Dry Cluster Bean Fryums (Gavar / Kothamara / Kothavarangai) Cluster Beans Fryums is one of the traditional and oldest way to preserve cluster bean

KOTHAVARANGAI VATHAL – Kothavarangai Vathal (Sun Dried Cluster Beans) is very crunchy and tasty Vathal which goes very well with any rice varieties. We can use this as a substitute to Pappad. We can make one large batch, store it in air tight container and use it whenever required.

These are called vathals in tamil – The sun dried vegetables are called Vathal. It’s one of the traditional and oldest way to preserver the vegetables. We can make vathal using ladysfinger, bitter gourd, ivy gourd , cluster beans, green chilies, manathakkali ,tomato etc. Once the vegetables are completely sun-dried these will be stored in the air tight container and deep fried when required.

The presence of iron in gavar increases hemoglobin production, which in turn helps in proper blood supply in the body.

For vegetables like gavar / cluster beans we just boil it in hot water with salt and turmeric powder and sun dry it for 4 to 5 days.

And for some vegetables like ladies finger, green chili, manathakkali, we don’t cook the vegetable in the hotwater. Instead we soak them in the butter milk along with salt overnight and next day we dry them in the sun. In the night we put them again in the buttermilk mixture. We repeat this process for 4-5 days till the vegetable is completely cooked.

INGREDIENTS

Cluster beans – ½ kg
Salt as per taste

METHOD –

Clean and Wash the cluster beans [ no need of trimming the top and bottom]

Boil water with salt.

When water starts boiling add the cluster beans and cook for 3-4 mins on medium flame. [it becomes light green .Do not over cook the cluster beans]

Off the flame , let the cluster beans remain in the hot water for 5 -6 mins.

Drain the water completely and spread it on a cloth or plate.

Sun dry it for 3 – 4 days.[depending on the sun and size of the beans]

Store it in a airtight container.

Fry the dried cluster beans in hot oil. [be careful while frying, as it gets fried within few seconds till medium golden brown and not dark brown]

Drain it on absorbent paper.

VARIATION –

After one day of drying you can soak it for few mins in sour buttermilk with any masala like chaat masala, jeera pwdr, ajwain, asfeotida or chilli pwdr and dry it again.

You can avoid the boiling procedure. Wash ,drain and dry .

Even you can directly soak it in sour butter milk for few minutes without boiling and dry it .

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