Clustered Beans Lentil Crumble / Kothavarangai Paruppu Usuli

Paruppu Usuli is a traditional brahmin recipe. It is dhal crumbles on the vegetable like Kothavarangai (clustered Beans) or a beans. This dhal crumbles gives a wonderful flavor to this curry. This will go very well with Moor Kuzhambu.

Ingredients:

Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans)	1/2 Kg
Salt	To Taste

For Seasoning:

Oil	1 Teaspoon
Mustard Seeds	1 Teaspoon
Urdhal	1 teaspoon

For Grinding:

Thurdal	3/4 cup
Channa Dal	1/4 Cup
Salt	To Taste
Hing	A Pinch
Red Chilli	2

Method:

Soak the Dal's in water over night or for at least 2 hours
Finely chop the Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans) and keep it aside
Rinse the Dal's and strain the water and grind it in mixer once along with red chilli, hing and salt
The ground mixture should not be so smooth.
Heat the oil in the pan, and add the ground paste and keep the flame in low
Allow the ground paste to cook in oil and it will broke down into smaller pieces.
In a separate pan, heat some oil and add mustard seeds when the oil is hot.
When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add the urdhal and fry till it turns into golden brown color.
To this add chopped Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans) along with salt and sprinkle some water to cook the Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans)
When the Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans) is cooked completely, add the broken Dal mixture and mix it well
The mouth-watering Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans) paruppu usuli is ready to serve.
Kothavarangai(Clustered Beans) paruppu usuli is a very good side dish for Moorkuzhambu.