Paruppu Usili is the crumbled soft dal which is combined with vegetables to make very delicious Poriyal variety or dry curry. The most common vegetables used for Usili are Banana Flower, Beans and Cluster Beans. But we can also try Asparagus, Broccoli, spinach, Radish greens and many more vegetables. Beans Paruppu Usili is one of the traditional recipe in Tamil Brahmin Kitchen. For any auspicious occasions like marriages, we or the caterers always include beans or cluster beans paruppu usili as part of their menu.

There are 2 ways to make this Usili:

Dals are soaked overnight or atleast for 2 hours and ground to paste with red chili and the paste is then crumbled with little oil and added to the steam cooked beans. I have given here this way of making Usili
Soaked dal is ground to fine paste and make small dumplings out of the paste. Steam cook the dumplings and then crumble it with your hand. We can then mix that crumbled dal mixture to the cooked vegetable.

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Method with Step by Step Pictures:

SOAKING DALS

Wash and soak chana dal and toor dal and set aside soaked dals for atleast 2 hours or overnight.

COOKING BEANS

Wash and Finely Chop beans. Add turmeric and salt and steam cook 5 mins or till the beans are tender. Once the beans has cooked, set it aside

PREPARING USILI

Drain water from the soaked dal, take the dal to the mixer jar. Add red chili, asafoetida, salt and grind it to smooth paste

Heat oil in a pan. Add the ground dal paste. Keep the flame in low and let the dal paste crumbles on its own

Set this dal crumble aside

TEMPERING PROCESS

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add curry leaves and saute for few seconds. Then add steam cooked beans and give a mix.