Tamil Brahmin Paruppu Usili
Steamed dal crumbles tossed with beans and tempered with mustard and curry leaves. Protein-rich Tamil Brahmin side dish.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- salt (optional) — 4 g (whole)
- Turmeric Powder — 1 g (whole)
- Toor Dal — 100 g (whole)
- green beans — 100 g (chopped)
Tempering
- dry red chillies — 3 g (whole)
- Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
- Curry Leaves — 8 piece (ground)
- Urad Dal — 1 tsp (whole)
- Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
Method
- Soak the toor dal in hot water for 30 minutes; drain well.
- Grind the soaked dal coarsely with the dry red chillies and a little salt, using very little water, into a thick grainy paste.
- Grease a steamer plate, spread the ground dal, and steam for 10-12 minutes until firm. Cool and crumble into small pieces.
- Chop the French beans and cook them with turmeric and a little salt until just tender.
- Heat coconut oil in a kadai; add mustard seeds and urad dal, let them crackle and turn golden, then add curry leaves.
- Add the crumbled dal usili and saute on low flame for 3-4 minutes until dry and slightly crisp.
- Fold in the cooked beans; mix gently and adjust salt. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice and mor kuzhambu or sambar.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Tamil Brahmin Paruppu Usili?
- 113 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 55 min — 30 min prep, 25 min cooking.