BEANS PARUPPU USLI

INGREDIENTS:-

1Cup Toor dal

1Cup Chana dal

200gms Beans

5-6 Red chillies

1/2tsp Mustard

1/2 pinch Asafoetida

Salt to taste

2tbsp oil

Curry Leaves

PROCEDURE:-

Soak the toor dal and chana dal in water till it soften(1/2 an hour).Cut beans and keep aside.

Grind the dal soaked in water with chillies,asafoetida and salt.Take a kadhai and put oil in it.When hot add mustard seeds and let it splutter.Add curry leaves and the ground dal.Fry till the dal is dry .Remove it in a plate.When it cools down crumble it into coarse powder.

Now take a pan and boil the beans till it is cooked.Drain off the water.

Now in a kadhai take little oil and add the crumbled dal.Add the beans to it and mix well.Fry for few mins.Paruppu usli is ready.

Paruppu usli prepared this way is crispy,as the dal gets fried well in oil.

STEP-2

The dal ground can also be pressure cooked and then when it is cooked remove it from the cooker and let it cool.When cool crumble it into coarse powder and then take a kadhai ,put oil in it .Heat the oil.Add mustard seeds.When it splutters add curry leaves and the crumbled dal.Cook for few seconds.Now add the beans to it.Mix it well.Cook for 2mins.Paruppu usli is ready.

Paruppu usli can be prepared with different vegetables.French beans,Vazhai poo(Banana flower)Cabbage.....