Beans And Paruppu Usili
Beans And Paruppu Usili
Cuisine: South IndianBeans And Paruppu Usili: Usili, a preparation made with ground lentils, has its origins in Tamil Nadu cuisine. It’s a nutritious and flavorful way to incorporate vegetables into meals.
Ingredients
250 gms. french beans (flas beans)
1/2 tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
2 green chillies
1/2 tsp mustard seeds (raai)
1 tsp black gram split (urad dal)
2 red chillies whole
8-10 curry leaves (kari patta)
4-5 tblsp gingelly oil (tel)
salt (namak) to taste
- Dal Paste Preparation Ingredients …
1/4 cup bengal gram (chana) split
2 tblsp black gram split (urad dal)
1/4 cup pigeon pea split (arhar dal)
2 tblsp green gram split (moong dal)
6 red chillies whole
1/4 tsp asafoetida
salt (namak) to taste
Directions
- Wash, string and cut French beans into half centimeter sized dices.
- Cook beans in salted boiling water for two to three minutes.
- Drain well and reserve.
- Wash, remove stems and finely chop green chillies.
- Soak all the dals for about twenty minutes.
- Drain and grind to a thick paste with dry red chillies, salt and asafoetida powder.
- Add water if required.
- Apply a little oil on a piece of banana leaf according to the size of the steamer or the pressure cooker.
- Spread dal paste evenly on it and steam in a cooker for fifteen minutes or till cooked.
- Insert a toothpick or needle into the dal mixture and if it comes out clean then it is cooked.
- Turn out cooked dal on a large plate and cool.
- Crumble cooked dal to a coarse powder with your palm and fingers.
- If dal is quite dry and solid,
- Then you can blend it briefly in a food processor to crumble.
- Heat oil in a shallow pan, temper with mustard seeds, red chillies, urad dal and curry leaves.
- Stir-fry briefly and add chopped green chillies.
- Add the cooked beans and crumbled dal mixture.
- Toss on high heat for a two to three minutes.
- Reduce heat and cook, stirring frequently for five to six minutes or till the beans and dal start sizzling.
- Adjust seasoning and serve hot.
