Beans Paruppu Usili With Instant Paruppu Usili Mix

Medium

Generally this is a featured dish in a typical. Tamizh Brahmin wedding. When I make this at home, I generally steam the paruppu Usili and it is low on oil too. When my daughter relocated I had to come up with an instant mix which is easy to cook and yet taste the same. So here is the tried and tasted usili mix which you can prepare in advance and store for long time.

INGREDIENTS

Beans	250 gms
Paruppu usili mix	1 cup
Water	1cup
Oil	1tbsp
Mustard	1tsp
Asafoetida	1/4tsp
Salt	To taste

INSTANT PARUPPU USILI MIX

Tuvar dal	3/4 cup
Bengal gram dal	1/4 cup
Red chillies	6

PREPARATION

FOR THE INSTANT MIX

·
Dry roast all the ingredients very
lightly. Does not have to brown.

·
Let it cool completely

·
Powder it in a mixer to a coarse powder

·
Store it in air tight container

FOR THE BEANS PARUPPU USILI

1. Cut
the beans finely

2. Steam
it in cooker or microwave without adding any water. Let it cool

3. Take
1 cup of usili mix and add 1 cup of water. Mix well. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
At the end of this time we see that all the water has been absorbed

4. After
30 minutes heat oil in a pan.

5. When
the oil is sufficiently hot, add mustards seeds.

6. When
mustard starts to crackle add asafoetida and saute for few second, and now add
the soaked usili mix, add salt, mix well and cook in a low flame closing it with a lid. Saute
it every few minutes so that it does not burn at the bottom

7. When
the colour changes to light brown, remove the lid and add the cooked beans.

8. Taste
for the salt and add more if necessary

9. Mix
well and cook for 2 minutes more

10.
Switch off the fire and serve warm

11.
The best combination is Mor Kuzhambu