Simple Curry Bodi Recipe
Curry bodi is a very simple breakfast or lunch side dish in T&T. It is made with Chinese long beans (called bodi), onion, garlic and seasonings all cooked in a thick curry sauce.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Caribbean, Indian
Keyword: curry bodi
Servings: 2
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Ros Singh
- 200 g bodi (Chinese long beans or yardlong beans)
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ - 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 tbsp Caribbean green seasoning
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 cup water
Wash the bodi. Remove both ends and cut into 2-inch pieces.
Chop the onion and garlic.
Place a small saucepan on medium heat.
Add oil and allow to heat up.
Add onions and saute until translucent.
Mix in garlic and pepper.
Cook for 2 minutes.
Stir in curry powder.
Toast for 2 minutes.
Add ¼ cup of water to form a slurry.
Cook down until the water boils off.
Add the bodi, green seasoning and salt. Mix.
Cover and cook for three to five minutes.
Remove cover and add water (about ½ cup to 1 cup of water).
Cook until the sauce is the desired thickness (about five more minutes).