Beans paruppu usili recipe – Traditional South Indian paruppu usili recipe
I am back again with parrupu usili. Again this is a traditional dish and a very good accompaniment for morkulambhu and vatha kulambhu. Before I got married, I eat parrupu usili as an accompaniment to rice. After marriage everybody in my hubby’s place they mix usili with hot rice and keep morkulambhu for accompaniment.
The very first time when I saw this it was strange to me and after trying that combo, it was good.
My MIL makes this very nicely and I learned this from her. She adds more channa dal and a little of toor dal, to make the usili like parrupu podi and mix with rice.
Here comes the recipe for beans usili.
Regarding the veggies to be added in usili, it is absolutely your choice. We can add beans, carrots,valaipoo, cluster beans, cabbage, and broad beans. My hubby’s grandma used to say that it can be made with onions and ladies finger too. But I never tried using all that.
Check out my
Beans paruppu usili recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups beans finely chopped
- ½ cup chana dal
- 1/3 cup toor dal
- 4 red chilis
- 2 pinches asafoetida
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- Salt as needed
- Curry leaves few
Instructions
- Wash and soak the chana dal and toor dal along with red chili in water for 2 hours.
- Drain the water well and put this into a mixie jar and add the asafoetida, little salt and ¼ tsp turmeric powder.
- Grind into a slightly coarse paste, do not add water while grinding. Add 1 tbsp if needed.
- Grease a idli pan and place the ground mixture on this. Do not pat them well, just roughly make round shapes and place it.
- Steam this for 15 minutes.
- Alternatively you can do this same in a microwave. It will take around 5-6 minutes. Place the ground mixture in a greased microwavable bowl and cook.
- Take out every 1 minute and stir it and cook.
- Another method my mother in law follow is grease a bowl and place the ground mixture in it, cover it with a lid and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
- This works well if you are making in bulk quantity and also if you don’t want to use the steamer.
- When it is steaming, let us cook the beans.
- In a pan add 1 tsp of oil and add ½ tsp of mustard seeds and a pinch of asafoetida.
- Once the mustard seeds splutter add the chopped beans to this.
- Add ½ tsp turmeric powder and little salt
- Sprinkle little water and cook the beans. Let it this be slightly crunchy.
- Once the dal mixture is done, switch off the flame and allow this to cool.
- Cut this into big pieces and cool, it will ease the process of cooling.
- My mom used to keep this in the refrigerator or freezer for 10 minutes before pulsing it.
- Put this steamed paruppu in the mixie jar,do not over crowd it.
- Pulse this in batches.
- In a pan add 2 tbsp of oil and mustard seeds and urad dal.
- Once the dal turns golden brown, add the steamed and pulsed da mixture to this.
- Cook for 5 minutes in a low -medium flame.
- Now add the cooked beans to this.
- Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Switch off the flame.
- Enjoy with your meal.
- You can mix with hot rice and smear with ghee and enjoy too.
Notes
- Wash and soak the chana dal and toor dal along with red chili in water for 2 hours.
- Drain the water well and put this into a mixie jar and add the asafoetida, little salt, and ¼ tsp turmeric powder.
- Grind into a slightly coarse paste, do not add water while grinding. Add 1 tbsp if needed.
- Grease an idli pan and place the ground mixture on this. Do not pat them well, just roughly make round shapes and place them.
- Steam this for 15 minutes.
- Alternatively, you can do this same in a microwave. It will take around 5-6 minutes. Place the ground mixture in a greased microwavable bowl and cook.
- Take it out every 1 minute and stir it and cook.
- Another method my mother-in-law follow is to grease a bowl and place the ground mixture in it, cover it with a lid, and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
- This works well if you are making in bulk quantity and also if you don’t want to use the steamer.
- When it is steaming, let us cook the beans.
- In a pan add 1 tsp of oil and add ½ tsp of mustard seeds and a pinch of asafoetida.
- Once the mustard seeds splutter add the chopped beans to this.
- Add ½ tsp turmeric powder and a little salt
- Sprinkle little water and cook the beans. Let it be slightly crunchy.
- Once the dal mixture is done, switch off the flame and allow this to cool.
- Cut this into big pieces and cool, it will ease the process of cooling.
- My mom used to keep this in the refrigerator or freezer for 10 minutes before pulsing it.
- Put this steamed paruppu in the mixie jar, do not overcrowd it.
- Pulse this in batches.
- In a pan add 2 tbsp of oil and mustard seeds and urad dal.
- Once the dal turns golden brown, add the steamed and pulsed da mixture to this.
- Cook for 5 minutes on a low-medium flame.
- Now add the cooked beans to this.
- Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Switch off the flame.
- Enjoy with your meal.
- You can mix it with hot rice and smear it with ghee and enjoy too.
- Notes:
- You can lessen the chana dal and add more toor dal too or you can add equal quantity too.
- Instead of beans, you can use broad beans, cabbage, methi leaves, banana flower, banana stem, or cluster beans too.
- Beans paruppu usili is a perfect combo with Mor kuzhambu or Vatha kuzhambu.
Looks good,I too make similar way,except that I add jeera while grinding and coconut too 🙂
Step wise pics will help many for sure! Nice pics!
hi jeya..what a colorfull usli..would have eaten it right now..
thanks for ur quick comment raji and SE
wow – never had this I think… Looks delicious…
Wow.. this is one of my favt da.. One of my grandma makes it so well, i tried once, but didn't get that original taste.. will try ur version!;)
Ita a new recipe to me..so colourful and different.
i had prepared it last week as it was in some book but urs look so much better than that…really delicious & a healthy one too
I prepare it in the same way .I love usili especially plaintain flower usili.
usili looks great….yummy n delicious!!..keep rocking!
Good to see you back!Trying Usli soon…
Wow back with a bang!Wonderful beans usili.A great click.
I'm not a fond of usilis but ur pic make me to drool. Looks delicious and nice step by step pics.
Tempting dish…beans parippu combo sounds gr8…
Beans parrupu usili looks colourful and awesome!!nice step by step presentation..Perfect with rice.
Welcome back Jey… Perfect come-back recipe.. Usili, awesome comfort food! Your step-by-step pics are great!
Oh god, my all time favourite…just love this protein packed dish..
Delicious and colourful recipe dear
U r version is similar to my mom's one.good with sambhar rice
Looks lovely and this is one of my favorite. Very beautiful click.
superb click and mouthwatering usili.i posted morkulambu in t&t ..please have a look..thanks 🙂
This looks so tempting Jeyasree, I have never tried an usili, urs is inviting me to try.
I had liked ur bottlegourd pittala also, but was not keeping too well that time to leave a comment, so making for it now.
Healthy recipe.Colorful n a sensible dish.
Hi nice step by step usli looks very delicious my fav.
My MIL too makes this, with kothavarai(cluster beans)..though I havent tried usili yet..:)
..A must try recipe!
well..the picture of my dish doesnt show in your side bar?? 🙁
Usli looks yummy.. Nice click too..
Awesome..looks very colorful..Must be a great combo.
Awesome, really awesome picture dear. I love usili, goes excellent with Kara kuzhambu!
Usili and morkozhambu are my all-time favorite dishes. Super Jeyamma.
Well explained…. I have missed this post…
when making Keerai , beans or other green veges how to retain the green color. Usually it turns greyish when it gets cooked. Any tips.
Normally to retain the color add 1 tsp of sugar to the green curry so that it will retain the color
I love your blog and it's pretty accurate too. I follow ur blog for almost all my cooking. Thank you sooooo much! Keep inspiring !