Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili | Cluster Beans Paruppu Usili Recipe

Paruppu Usili Recipe is yet another traditional recipe in Tamil Brahmin Kitchen. Any Festivals or auspicious occasions like Marriages, Paruppu Usili is one of the main item in the menu. Conventionally, we use Beans, cluster beans, vazhaipoo, spinach etc. I have also done usili with Radish greens, Asparagus, broccoli.  Paruppu Usili is one of the tastiest accompaniment for any South Indian Main courses.

1. 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 cluster beans. I have given here this way of making Usili
2. 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.

 

Method:

• Soak the Dal's in water over night or in hot boiling water for at least 2 hours. Rinse the Dal's and strain the water and grind it in mixer once along with red chilli, hing and salt without adding water

• The ground mixture should be coarse. 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 crumble 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). We can also cook the cluster beans in pressure cooker and then add the cooked cluster beans directly after seasoning. This will simplify our process further.