Air Fryer Crispy Butter Beans
Air Fryer Crispy Butter Beans is a delicious high protein snack recipe that is vegan and gluten-free, made using Butter beans also known as Fava beans or Lima beans or Rangooni vaal smeared with wonderful mix of spices along with olive oil.
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 250 Grams Dry butter beans 8 oz
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper powder
- 1 tsp Chaat masala
- 1 tsp Taco seasoning
Instructions
Prep the butter beans
- To begin with, as i have used dry butter beans, we need to soak them for 8 hours atleast. After that rinse, pat dry on a kitchen towel.
- If you are using canned beans then just drain the liquid, rinse well and spread them on a kitchen towel. Pat dry and keep aside.
- Next, cook them in Pressure Cooker upto one or two whistles, till they have a bite, not over cooked, mushy or creamy.
- Or cook them in a open pot with boiling water. Check if they are done but have a bite.
Make the spice mix
- Add all the spices in the list of ingredients mentioned in the recipe card. Mix together with a spoon well.
- Now add olive oil and apply this all.over dried beans. Mix well till every butter bean is coated well with spices.
Air fry
- Meanwhile, Preheat air fryer at 200°C for 3 minutes. After that, spread the marinated butter beans in single layer, making sure not overlapping.
- Set the timer for 15 minutes, make sure to shake the basket after 7 minutes. Towards the end, you will notice that the skin of the beans is getting crisp and they shrink in size.
- Voilà, your delicious air fryer butter beans snack is ready to serve. Pair it with Dhania Pudina Chutney and enjoy.....
Notes
1. To make the butter beans crispy, make sure the beans are pat dried completely before you apply seasonings and oil on it.
2. Place the seasoned butter beans in single layer in the air fryer basket, so that they are cook evenly.
3. For even cooking of beans, make sure to shake the basket half way through.
4. You can serve them as topping for your salads or as companion to your soups.
5. If not vegan, you can sprinkle cheese towards the end to serve to your kiddos.
How to store leftovers?
Let me assure, there won't be any, but in case, these can be stored in an airtight container for upto two days in the fridge.
When re using, just Air fry again for a couple of minutes to crisp them up before serving.