Gujarati-Style Green Beans

Gujerati-style  Green Beans
Bex (Bex&Kids) from Madhur Jaffrey

Ingredients

1lb fresh green beans
4 T vegetable oil
1 T black mustard seeds  
4 cloves garlic, peeled and very finely chopped
1/2 - 1 hot, dried red chilli, coarsely crushed in a mortar (or just chopped, could also use red pepper flakes)
1 t salt
1/2 t sugar
Freshly ground black pepper

Trim the beans and cut them into 1 inch lengths. Blanch the beans by dropping them into a pan of boiling water and boiling rapidly for 3-4 minutes or until they are just tender. Drain immediately in a colander and rinse under cold, running water. Set aside.

Put the oil in a large frying pan and set over medium heat. When hot, put in the mustard seeds. As soon as the mustard seeds begin to pop, put in the garlic. Stir the garlic pieces around until they turn light brown. Put in the crushed red chili and stir for a few seconds. Put in the green beans, salt and sugar. Stir to mix. Turn the heat to medium-low. Stir and cook the beans for 7-8 minutes or until they have absorbed the flavor of the spices. Add the black pepper to taste, mix and serve.

From here and here.