Paruppu Usili

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Cooking Time : 20 minutes

Serves: 3

Ingredients

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Chana dal - 1/2 cup

Red Chillies– 4

Green Chilli - 1

Asafoetida - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Curry leaves - a few

Turmeric Powder—1/4 tsp

Any vegetable like beans, cluster beans chopped finely - 1 cup

For Seasoning

Oil - 2 tbsp 

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad Dal - 1 tsp

Procedure

1. Soak the dals for 2 hours minimum

2. Drain and grind the dal with red chillies, green chillies, salt and hing coarsely without adding water

3. Steam this mixture in a pressure cooker for 8 –10 minutes or in a microwave on high for 3 to 4
minutes.

4. Cook the vegetable separately in the microwave or pressure cooker.

5. The mix should be dry on steaming and you should be able to crumble it with you hands.

6. In a kadai, heat oil, add mustard, urad dal,  curry leaves, asafoetida, turmeric and the crumbled dal. Mix 

well

7. Finally add the vegetable, mix well and add salt if required.