Green Beans with Cinnamon and Yoghurt

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2001

  • About

This Lebanese recipe is perfect with chicken or fish. Choose new season’s beans, for larger stringier varieties will ruin the dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed to a paste with salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 400

Method

In a small mixing bowl, combine the garlic, cinnamon and yoghurt and check for seasoning. Fill a large saucepan with water and bring to the boil. When the water begins to boil, add the green beans and put the lid on. When the water comes back to the boil, simmer for 1–2 minutes then test a bean to see if it is tender. Place a colander in the sink, pour in the beans, discarding the water, and le