A bright and spicy way to enjoy fresh green beans.

Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:

• 400 grams green beans, sliced
• 2-3 tbs. sesame oil
• 2 tbs. tahini
• (null) pinch salt
• 1 tsp. ginger pureed
• 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
• soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1-2 tbs. water
• sesame seeds as garnish

Directions:

1. Wash the green beans. cut off the stem part and slice them.
2. If you have a bean frencher you can cut them lengthwise otherwise slice them in nice diagonal cuts.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, when the oil is hot, add the beans and garlic and saute until al dente.
4. Meanwhile, make a sauce from the rest of the ingredients.
5. When ready to serve generously drizzle the sauce over the beans and garnish with toasted sesame seeds.

Notes:

There are many different versions of this recipe. Here are a few:
http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93923
http://vegweb.com/recipephotos/displayimage.php?pos=-10167
http://www.veganforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-2857.html

The main difference is that we prefer the fresh green beans, saute them lightly in the oil until aldente and then make a sauce to put over them from the rest of the ingredients and we garnish with toasted sesame seeds.