Tibetan Green Beans With Potatoes (Tema)

Submitted by lynnski LA

"This a vegetarian version of Tema Tang Sha, as it is prepared at the Lhasa Moon Tibetan Restaurant, located in San Francisco. This is a flexible recipe. For the original meaty version, just add strips of beef stir-fried."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1 lb green beans
• 2 large potatoes
• 1⁄2 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 inch fresh ginger, finely chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1⁄2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• salt, to taste

directions

1. Cut the green beans diagonally into 1 1/2-inch pieces.
2. Cut the potatoes like french fries, about the same size as the beans.
3. Slice the red bell pepper very thinly.
4. In a wok or skillet, saute the onion in oil over high heat until softened, add the garlic, paprika and ginger and saute a few minutes more.
5. Add the potatoes, jalapeno and tomato, and stir-fry until the tomato cooks dry.
6. Add the green beans and stir-fry until just tender, about 8 minutes.
7. Add the soy sauce, red-pepper and salt stirring in quickly.

Reviews

[beevil]

Excellent!! I cut the potatoes too big - they need to be the size of mcdonald's fries, not my local ones... but easy & very good... we liked the plates clean,