Paruppu UsiIi

Ingredients

• Beans - ½ cup
• Carrot - ½ cup
• Toor Dal - ¾ cup
• Urad Dal - ¼ cup
• Red Chilli - 4
• Asafoetida - 1 tsp

For Seasoning

• Mustard - 1 tsp
• Urad dal - 1 tsp
• Curry Leaves - 2 strings
• Oil - 2 tbs

Directions

Cut the carrot and beans into small pieces. Soak the toor and urad dal for half an hour. Add the red chilli and asafoetida powder along with the dal and grind the mixture to a coarse paste. Steam this mixture for 10 minutes. Boil the vegetable adding the required amount of salt.

Take a pan and pour oil when it gets heated. Add mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves. Add the steamed dal mixture and fry till it is nicely done. A little bit of salt could be added here. Now add the boiled vegetables and mix it thoroughly with the dal and fry for 5 minutes and switch off the gas. Paruppu Usili is ready!

Tips

For the vegetables cluster beans, spring beans, cauliflower, snake gourd, green peas and capsicum can be used. Also 2 green chilli and 2 red chilli can be used instead of 4 red chillies. If capsicum is used, it must be fried in oil first. The dal mixture can be steamed in idli plates.