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Paruppu Usili With Green Beans Recipe
PARUPPU USILI WITH GREEN BEANS RECIPE
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
for dal paste
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
How to make paruppu usili with green beans:
- 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.
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