Recipe for Ireel/Snake Beans/Long Beans/Eeril Bhaji

This Vegetable has a very close place to heart because It has a very Goan
emotion to it. This bhaji is called Snake Beans or Long Beans because of it’s
long length and it’s look similar to that of a snake.

In Konkani, this is called Eeril/Irvil/Irveel/Virvil/Iril/and so many different
pronunciations. The pronunciation and spellings differ in South Goa and North
Goa. I am from North Goa and My Mom has always called it “Ireel” bhaji so I’d
just like to stick to that 😊 I had a nice brief discussion with my Goan Food
Blogger friends and my aunt as well. All gave me different spellings! So cool I
thought, I should use them all 😊

I love to eat Ireel Bhaji with Fish curry and Rice in a foogath style(plain with
coconut and no masalas). And my Mum always says there’s more fun in
hand-breaking each bean than cutting it. So, that’s exactly how I break my beans
and trust me, it’s so exciting to do it.

These days, I’ve been craving to eat a nice Veg dish with Hot Chapatis. I had
bought a nice big bunch of Ireel Bhaji so I decided I’ll experiment something
different with this batch. It turned out So delish so I thought I must share it
with all of you. Do give it a try