Beans Paruppu Usili

I guess paruppu usili is unheard of in any other place other than Tamil Nadu. I am not sure whether this dish is made in any other part of India....whenever I used to take this to work..everyone used to wonder whether  it was made mixing besan with the vegetables and after tasting it they say....it does not taste like besan at all!! Everyone loves this....in our house everyone is a fan of this. This way of preparing the vegetable is part of every occasion be it marriage, seemantham, ayushhomam!!

Traditionally people use lot of oil to make this crispy and roasted. But I try to make it the healthier way! This base paruppu usili can be mixed with any of these vegetables Capsicum (bell pepper), Cabbage, Beans,  Kothavarankai (Cluster Beans) etc. This goes well with vetha kuyambu.

You may even make this usili and store it in refrigerator for future use...it comes in handy.

Ingredients

For making paruppu usili:

Toor Dhal 3/4th Cup
Channa Dhal 1/4th Cup
Red Chillies 3
Salt ot taste

Tempering
Mustard, Urad Dhal, Hing, Curry Leaves, Turmeric

Any vegetable as mentioned above - I used beans

Soak the dhal in enough water for couple of hours along with the red chillies. Grind it without the water into a  coarse form.
Steam it in a shallow vessel in a cooker upto 2 whisltes.
After the presurre is released. Take a pan and heat the oil. Add the items listed for tadka (tempering).
If the paruppu usili that has been steamed is slightly in the form of lumps. Try to loosen the lumps with your hands.
Add this to the pan and saute it. Add Salt. You may cool it and store in zip loc boxes in the freezer section (whenever you are making it....do a little bit more since it is the same effort and store the extra in the freezer it comes in very handy). If you are planning to use the same day. Make the beans vegetable separately the way you make it and mix this paruppu usili to it.  The yummy beans paruppu usili is ready to be served...i just to mix it with rice and ghee and eat it!! Enjoy!!