Paruppu Usili

The traditional recipes from the Tamil Brahmin cuisine show how veggies can be cooked into interesting varieties of dishes that are both delicious and nutritious. One such appetizing dish is the Paruppu Usili prepared using dal combined with any vegetable of choice. Commonly banana flower, beans, cabbage, cluster beans, and radish are paired with dal to prepare Usili.

Recipe Facts

Preparation Time
15 minutes
Cooking Time
20 minutes
Category
Veg
Type
Lunch

250 gm finely chopped beans
¼ tsp turmeric powder
Oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig of curry leaves
Salt for taste

For Usili
¼ cup split Bengal gram (channa dal/ kadala paruppu)
¼ cup toor dal
4 dry red chillies
½ tsp asafoetida
Salt

Step 1 – Wash the channa dal and toor dal well and soak them overnight or at least for 2 hours.

Step 2 – Add turmeric powder and salt to the finely chopped beans and steam cook until the beans are tender.

Step 3 – Drain the water from the soaked dal and add red chillies, asafoetida and salt to it and grind it coarsely. Steam the coarsely ground dal for around 10 minutes until it is cooked and set it aside. Once it cools down, crumble the dal mixture.

Step 4 – Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves and saute for a few seconds. Then add the cooked beans and mix well. To this add the crumbled dal mixture and stir well until everything gets properly blended. Serve hot with any kind of rice.

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