Beans Paruppu Usili
Beans Paruppu Usili is a popular Tamil Brahmin vegetarian Dry Curry or Sabzi recipe made with french beans and lentils. Tastes best with Mor Kuzhambu and Steamed Rice.
Servings 3 people
Ingredients
- 500 gms French Beans (washed, stringed and finely chopped)
- 1/3 cup Chana Dal (Kadala Paruppu or Bengal Gram Dal) 1/3 cup is 80 ml measurement
- 1/3 cup Toor Dal (Thuvaram Paruppu or Arhar Dal)
- 3-4 nos. Whole Red Chillies I have used spicy Pondy chillies
- 3 tbsp Sesame Oil + Extra for greasing the steamer moulds etc
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Urad Dal
- 2-3 nos. Whole Red chillies
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- A pinch of hing or asafoetida
- Curry leaves a few
- salt to taste
- Water as required to soak the lentils, steam and cook the french beans in pressure cooker
Instructions
- Soak the dal together for atleast 1 or 2 hours. The soaked lentils should easily break once you press with your fingernails.
- Drain all the water and then add the lentils to the mixer grinder jar. There should be no water at all and none should be added either.
- The lentils should be ground coarsely. Steam the lentils by greasing the idli moulds with some sesame oil.
- Steam the dal for atleast 10 to 15 minutes. Once cool, pulse the steamed lentils one idli cake at a time. Adding too much would lead to sticky crumble.
- You can either stock this in a freezer for a couple of days or make the usili immediately.
- Wash and string the french beans, cut them into small pieces.
- Pressure cook the french beans with salt for a couple of whistles.
- Once the usili or the lentil crumble is ready, heat a kadhai, add 3 tbsp of sesame oil. Add Urad Dal, mustard seeds, few red chillies, curry leaves and some turmeric powder.
- Allow the mustard to crackle and then add the cooked beans followed by the lentil crumble. Mix well, check salt and add accordingly.
- Switch off the flame and serve with Mor Kuzhambu and Steamed rice.