Yardlong Beans Paruppu Usili | Paruppu Usili
Paruppu usili, a traditional tamil brahmin recipe of vegetable and lentil crumble. It is usually made with vegetables like beans, cluster beans, yardlong beans, methi leaves, banana flower etc.
Servings 8
Calories
Ingredients
- 5 cups Yardlong beans/Karamani chopped
- 1 tsp salt
Soak & Grind
- ¾ cup tuvar dal split pigeon peas
- ¾ cup chana dal gram dal
- 10 nos red chilies round variety
- 2 tablespoon freshly grated coconut optional
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- a sprig of curry leaf
Tempering
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil plus 2-3 tablespoon extra
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds/kadugu
- ½ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
- 2 nos red chilies optional
- a sprig of curry leaf
Instructions
- Wash and soak both the dals for an hour. Drain and take the dal long with other ingredients under 'soak and grind' and grind it to a coarse paste. Do not grind continously or add water. just pulse to grind it coarse. Once done, keep aside until use.
- In a wide pan, add oil given 'Tempering', splutter mustard seeds, add hing and turmeric powder and red chilies and curry leaves, saute for a minute.
- Next add the ground dal mixture and half the salt. Saute for a minute or two. Cover and cook in a simmer flame for 10-12 minutes. Keep the flame simmer, open and stir it once or twice in the middle.
- Anytime in the middle, if you feel the dal is sticking to the pan. Remove the cover, add 1-2 tablespoon oil, mix well and continue cover & cooking.
- By this time, the dal must be well cooked and separated. add chopped yardlong beans, remaining salt, mix well.
- Sprinkle little water, cover and cook in a simmer flame for 10-15 minutes. Stirring often, until the beans are done.
- Once the beans is cooked, remove the cover, add 1-2 tablespoon oil, mix well. Let it sit on the stove another 5-8 minutes. Take it off the stove and serve along with rice.