Beans parupu usuli

Prep Time : 10 mins

Cook Time : 20 mins

Serves: 4-5

Ingredients

French Beans - 1 1/2 cup chopped

Tur Dal -1/3 cup

Bengal gram dal/kadalai paruppu/chana dal -1 1/2 tbsp

Red Chilli -1

Green chilli -2

Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

For the seasoning

Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp

Mustard seeds -1 tsp

Curry leaves -1 sprig

Asafoetida/hing

Method

1)  String the beans and chop it finely. Cook beans with a little salt until soft adding needed water. You can also steam beans. Keep it aside.

2)  Wash and soak tur dal and bengal gram together for 1 hour. Drain the water completely and grind it coarsely with red chillies, green chillies, turmeric powder and salt needed.

3)  Now steam the coarsely ground dal for 15 minutes or until cooked. You can use a steamer or an idli pan.

4)  Once cooked remove from the pan and leave it to cool for a few minutes. Then crumble the dal with your hands or you can use the mixie. You will get evenly crumbled dal when done in a mixie. Just put the steamed dal in the mixie (see picture below) and operate it for a second.  Now our crumbled dal is also ready.

5)  Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add hing and curry leaves. Then add the crumbled dal, mix well and cook on medium flame for 2-3 minutes.

6)  Then add the cooked beans (if there is water in your beans, drain and squeeze out the water completely and then add) and mix well with the crumbled dal. Cook covered for another 2-3 minutes and remove from heat.

7)  Beans Paruppu Usili is ready. Serve it with hot steamed rice and mor kuzhambu or vathal kuzhambu.

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