A Week before, I requested my FB followers to share some interesting recipes that we can make with radish and its greens. So happy to see so many people pitching in and sharing their style of using Radish and its greens. Most of them suggested Thepla/Paratha, so I got fresh bunch of Radish with Greens and made Mooli Thepla. I shared my outcome in FB too. From other recommendations, I picked Paruppu Usili with Radish Greens.
Radish Greens are very healthy and nutritious. We can make many yummy recipes with Radish and its greens. This is a simple and tasty Radish Greens Paruppu Usili. Its easy to make and so yummy. Generally Paruppu Usili goes well with Mor Kuzhambu and any Rasam Variety. I also like it with Vendhaya Kuzhambu. As we are including dal in usili, I won't make Sambar whenever I make Usili. Because in sambar we have dal and if served with paruppu usili, will make us feel so heavy and sometimes we may get gastric problem because of too much of dal.
Most of the Hindu marriages, especially Brahmin marriages, they serve beans usili. I love to make Vazhaipoo Paruppu Usili and Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili. Sometimes for a change I make usili with Asparagus or Broccoli too. This Radish Greens Paruppu Usili is new to me and when I tasted, I loved it very much and from now, I m going to make it a practice to cook this yummy usili often.
Ingredients
For Crumbled Dal
- ¾ Cup Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
- ¼ Cup Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 2 Red Chili
- a Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoon Oil
Other Ingredients
- 2 Cups Chopped Radish Greens
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- Salt As Needed
For Tempering
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
Instructions
- Wash and Soak dals overnight or atleast for 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain water from the dals
- In a mixer jar take the soaked and drained dal and add red chili, salt and hing and grind it to coarse paste without adding water. Set this dal paste aside
- Heat 2 Tablespoon of oil in a pan. Add the ground dal paste. Keep the flame low and allow the dal to crumble. Keep stirring in regular intervals to avoid the dal getting burnt or sticking to the bottom of the pan. Set the crumbled dal aside
- Heat 2 teaspoon of oil in another pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add split urad dal and sauté till dal turns light brown
- Then add the chopped radish greens along with necessary salt and turmeric powder and stir-fry in low flame till all the moisture is absorbed. Do not overcook. Just cook for 4-5 mins.
- Once the moisture is absorbed, Add the crumbled dal and mix gently.
- The delicious and healthy Radish Greens Paruppu Usili is now ready to serve!
Video
Notes
- We can steam cook the ground dal paste and then crumble it in hand.
- Soaking dal overnight makes the dal crumble really soft and we get more quantity also
Nutritional Info
Method of making Radish Greens Paruppu Usili with Step by Step Pictures
- Wash and Soak dals overnight or atleast for 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain water from the dals
- In a mixer jar take the soaked and drained dal and add red chili, salt and hing and grind it to coarse paste without adding water. Set this dal paste aside
- Heat 2 Tablespoon of oil in a pan. Add the ground dal paste. Keep the flame low and allow the dal to crumble. Keep stirring in regular intervals to avoid the dal getting burnt or sticking to the bottom of the pan. Set the crumbled dal aside
- Heat 2 teaspoon of oil in another pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add split urad dal and sauté till dal turns light brown
- Then add the chopped radish greens along with necessary salt and turmeric powder and stir-fry in low flame till all the moisture is absorbed. Do not overcook. Just cook for 4-5 mins.
- Once the moisture is absorbed, Add the crumbled dal and mix gently.
- The delicious and healthy Radish Greens Paruppu Usili is now ready to serve!
