Paruppu Usili | Paruppu usili recipe is a tasty South Indian side dish prepared with dal and beans. The dry side takes a little extra time but tastes delicious. Usili is one of the traditional dishes prepared in our home. Though it’s a side dish, I like to mix it with rice. In our custom, without usili, a wedding meal is incomplete. Beans Paruppu Usili goes well with any rice accompaniment, but my personal choice is Usili with Venngaya Vetha kuzhambu, Milagu Kuzhambu, Enna kathirika Kuzhambu, and Moor kuzhambu.
Many versions to make beans Paruppu usili. With Channa Dal or toor Dal. I have used Both lentils are for preparing beans Paruppu usili. Check out an instant beans Thengai podi usili with Thengai podi Poriyal recipes CHANA DAL RECIPES
Beans Paruppu Usili: Preparation Time: 10 mins | Soaking time: 1 hour | Cooking Time: 25 mins | Serves : 3 Recipe Category: Side dish Ingredients: Beans - 2 cups + 1/2 cup, chopped Salt - as needed Toor Dal - 1/4 cup Chana Dal - 1/4 cup Dried Red Chillies - 2 (Adjust according to your spice level) Hing - a generous pinch To temper: Coconut Oil - 1 tablespoon + 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad Dal - 1/2 tbsp Chana Dal -1 tbsp Curry leaves - a spring Turmeric powder - a generous pinch
how to make paruppu usili with step by step pictures :
Wash and soak toor dal, chana dal, red chilli with enough hot water for at least 1 hour
Wash and cook the Beans and keep them aside. Can also cook like Beans Thengai usili
Drain water from the soaked dal and grind them along with red chillies, little water, salt (for Dal), to a coarse mixture
Boil water in idli pan, grease the Idli plate with coconut oil spread and add coarse mixture on the plate and steam it for 7-10 minutes (like steaming idlies) and turn off the stove
Transfer the steamed dal to a plate, and once they come to room temperature, crumble them with your hands or pulse it in mixie and set aside
Add oil to the pan, and once the oil is hot, add the items listed under ’to temper’ and let them splutter
Saute the dal for 3 minutes or until they are roasted
Now add the cooked beans and mix well. Add salt if required
Cook for 5 mins until the dal crumble combines well with the Beans or till you get the desired dal texture
Finally, add asafoetida, give a good mix and turn off the stove
