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Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili is a traditional South Indian dish which is a combination of steamed crumbled lentils combined with finely chopped Kothavarangai/Gawar Phali or Cluster beans. This is a dish prepared during festivals or family functions like weddings along with the entire South Indian meal. Its nothing but a cluster bean and lentil curry wherein a dal paste in made, steamed, crumbled and cooked along with kothavarangai (Cluster beans) to make a flavorful, healthy and lip smacking side dish. Usili is the cooked and crumbled dal added to vegetables like beans, cluster beans, plantain flower or any even spinach.
Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have kothavarangai paruppu usili| cluster-beans steamed mixed lentil using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili| Cluster-Beans Steamed mixed Lentil:
- Prepare Veggie
- Prepare 250 grams cluster beans/ gavar phalli
- Make ready Pinch turmeric
- Make ready 2-3 teaspoon water
- Prepare For usili
- Get 1/2 cup Toor dal/ split peeled yellow lentils
- Make ready 1/2 cup Chana dal/ split peeled chick pea lentils
- Take 1/4 cup Moong dal/ split peeled green lentils
- Get 3-4 Dry red chillies
- Get 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Take To taste Salt
- Make ready Pinch aesofotida
- Make ready Tampering
- Take 10/12 Curry leaves
- Make ready 2-3 tablespoons Oil
- Make ready 1 tsp Mustard seeds
Lentils are soaked, ground and steamed then crumbled and mixed with boiled veggie in this casa clucter bean or kotthavarangai in tamil. Usually this is a great combo with Mor kuzhambu but tastes as much good with vatha kuzhambu as well. You can try the same recipe with french beans as well. Follow this proceedure and enjoy a traditional meal with your loved ones.
Instructions to make Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili| Cluster-Beans Steamed mixed Lentil:
- Wash and soak all three dals in a bowl for 2 hours, or in hot water for 1&1/2 hours.
- Clean and wash beans. Finely chop them. Add to a bowl with water and pinch of turmeric and keep in a pressure cooker, with little water in the base. Steam cook till 2 whistles
- After soaking the dals, remove all the water and grind them dry, coarsely with hing, turmeric, chillies and salt.
- Remove in a bowl that fits in a pressure cooker or in a cooker container. Steam cook until 1 whistle.
- Now lets prepare the Usili. Add oil a non stick pan and add mustard seeds, let splutter, add curry leaves and fry.
- Now add the steamed dal by breaking it with the spatula. Mix well and let cook in the oil for 3-5 minutes.
- Add the vegetable and mix well. Cover and let the flavours mix for sometime. This will take another 3-5 minutes.
- Once the dal looks tender and doesn't stick with each other, it means the dish is ready.
- Serve hot with steamed rice and vatha kuzhambu.
You can try the same recipe with french beans as well. Follow this proceedure and enjoy a traditional meal with your loved ones. Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili/ Cluster Beans Lentil Curry Paruppu (Lentil) Usili is a very popular dish and is done on all auspicious occasions be it weddings or festivals! Its called Usili, when we powder the the lentil and mix it with veggies. The best part of this dish is, we can alternate the taste by using different veggies like beans.
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