Beans Paruppu Usili/Beans with cooked toor dal

Paruppu Usili can be made with vegetables like beans,cauliflower,clusterbeans,cabbage ,my favourite being the one made with vazhaipoo/plaintain flower.

Ingredients:

Chopped beans - 2 cups

Microwave them for about 8 minutes until they are tender.Keep them aside.

For the dal mixture:

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Dry red chillies - 4

Salt to taste

Asafoetida - a pinch

Other ingredients:

Mustard seeds - 2 tsp

Gingelly oil - 4tbsp

Curry leaves - a sprig

Method:

Soak the toor dal in water for 30 minutes.Then drain the dal and place it in a colander for about 30 minutes.
Then coarsely grind the toor dal with red chillies,asafoetida and required amount of salt.While grinding,no water should be added.
In a greased idli plate,spread the dal mixture and steam for about 10 minutes.


Allow them to cool completely.Then crumble them with your palm.You can also blend them in a mixie.

In a pan, heat the gingelly oil.when it is hot add the mustard seeds.When they splutter add the crumbled dal and curry leaves.
Saute for 2 minutes till the Dal sizzles.Add the boiled beans and saute for about 3 minutes till the beans mix well with the dal mixture.


The best combination for paruppu usili is morkozhambu or vathakuzhambu.



Iam sending this to MLLA - 12th Helping event hosted by Annarasa for the month of June.




This event was actually started by Susan of "The Well Seasoned Cook"