Paruppu Usili

Ingredients:

(To prepare for 4/5 members)

1.       Toor Dal: 150 gms

2.       Gram Dal: 30 to 40 gms

3.       Red Chillies: 4 or 5 (depending on taste)

4.       Salt

5.       Asafoedita - 2 pinches

6.       Corainder, Curry Leaves

7.       Orid Dal - 2 tsps

8.       Turmeric Powder – A pinch of it

9.       Any of the Vegetables like Beans, Kothavarangaai, Vazhai poo (Banana Flower), Cabbage (Kose) - 300 gms

10.   Oil - 6 tsps

11.   Water

Preparation Procedure:

1.       Soak Toor Dal and Gram Dal in water for 1 hour

2.       Filter the water out after an hour and grind the soaked dal with Red chillies, turmeric powder, asafoedita and salt in a mixer without adding water.

Note:

The soaked dal already contains little quantity of water and hence it may become watery if you add water. You can sprinkle water then and there if you feel the mix is too very solid.

While grinding add salt for the quantity of mixture alone - say 1 tsp. Salt for the vegetable is to be added while steaming the vegetable.

3.       In a Idly Steam pan, steam this grinded mix for some 15 mins. In the idly plate, you can place the mix in each slot in the shape of the slots (circular) so that they steam well.

4.       Allow the above steamed dal mix to cool for some time.

5.       In a kadai, steam the vegetable that you are going to make use of (by adding water and salt, a pinch of turmeric powder) and cook it 3/4^th. Don’t over steam them.

6.       Drain excess water completely out of the vegetables till the last drop.

7.       Now, make the steamed dal mix in the form of usili by making use of your fingers.

Usili refers to small granules (Not powdery not too big).  

8.       In a Kadai, add 5 to 6 tsps of oil and season mustard. When mustard starts splattering, add orid dal, Asafoedita and curry leaves (very few). Now add the usili and stir it well. After few mins, add the steamed vegetables also and mix well and allow it on stove on sim for 3 to 5 mins and switch off. add very few coriander leaves for taste..