Oven Roasted Edamame Recipe | Garlic Roasted Edamame

      Edamame roasted in the oven - is a healthy snack to munch on an evening or mid noon. Edamame is a Japanese name of the immature soybean.'Eda'  means branch 'mame' means bean. So the bean is still with the branch.Let's see some detail about  this vegetable.

What is edamame?
      Edamame is nothing but soybean harvested before it matures or hardens.They have a little sweet taste and hard texture. It resembles lima beans somehow but is different. Lima beans are flat and oblong shaped and buttery textured.

Which cuisine uses edamame?
    China, Korea, japan,Hawaii cuisine they serve this as a snack or side dish.


Health benefits of edamame:
      This bean has a good amount of folic acid.Good amount of fiber ,protein and carbohydrate.you will get 34 % protein ,19 % potassium ,24 % magnesium,32 % fiber ,15 % vitamin C, 10 % vitamin B6 .

       After eating this snack my husband fell in love with it. We usually try to include in our everyday meal. Whenever I am out of the vegetable, I make coconut masala curry with this.That's a simple and healthy side. Eating the same thing curry was boring for us so I want to make some snack out of it which is healthy and easy too. I saw some oven roasted bean recipes before. So I tried and made it with a success.This is a snack which makes you full for at least 2 hours if you just eat a handful of it.

Some healthy and easy kids snack Cheese Spinach sandwich, Dates nuts rolls, Pori Urundai ,Indian Trail Mix.

Step By Step picture recipe for making garlic roasted edamame:

• Boil and peel the edamame bean from the shell. I actually boiled water in a big pot. Added the bean to it and boiled for around 10 minutes. Peeled and kept  it aside.If  you get shelled ones that are well and good.You save your time peeling those.
• Add oil to a tava and  add garlic.

                             

•  Add the shelled beans. Then add pepper, jeera powder, required salt.This step is to remove the excess water and also to add some spice and salt.
• Drain the excess oil and water.Bean will ooze out excess water. 
• Then spread it an oven safe plate. Roast in preheated oven at 250 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour.In between you can just give a gentle shake for even roasting.
• Our greatest and healthiest snack is ready to eat. You can  store for up to one week at room temperature. 

                                                    Garlic roasted edamame Recipe

                                     Healthy Snack recipe 

 Cuisine: Chinese   Category:Snack  Prep time:10 minutesCook time:10 minutes  Total Time: 60 -70 minutes Yields:1 cup

Ingredients:

• 2 bags edamame/soya bean.
• 2 cloves garlic/poondu.
• 1 tbsp pepper jeera powder/milagu thool.
• salt as required

Method:

• Boil and peel the edamame bean from the shell. I actually boiled water in a big pot. Added the bean to it and boiled for around 10 minutes. Peeled and keep it aside.If  you get shelled ones that are well and good.You save your time peeling those.
• Add oil to a tava .
• Add the shelled beans as well to the tava.
•  Add garlic ,pepper, jeera powder and required salt. This step is to remove the excess water and also to add some spice and salt.
• Drain the excess oil and water while adding to the plate. Water will ooze from the bean. 
• Then spread on an oven safe plate/tray. Roast in preheated oven at 250 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour.In between you can just give a gentle shake for even roasting.
• Our greatest and healthiest snack is ready to eat. You can store for up to one week at room temperature.