KOTHAVARANGAI(Cluster Beans) PARUPPU USILI

This dish is special to Tamil Nadu and is a hot favorite at my home. It is delicious and very healthy. It is eaten as a side dish and is best when combined with MOR Kuzhambu and rice. Tastes good with rasam and rice too!

Ingredients:

Toovar Dal – ¼ cup

Chenna Dal – 1/4 cup

Urdh dhal – 1 tbsp

Moong dhal – 1 tbsp

Red chillies – 6 no

Curry leaves – 2 stem

Hing – ½ tsp

Salt – to taste

kothavaraikai chopped – 1 cup

 For Seasoning

Oil – 4 tbsp

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

Urdh dal – 1 tsp

Method:

• Soak the all dals in a hot water for 2 hours. After 2 hours drain it and grind with curry leaves, Hing, red chillies, and salt. Grind them coarsely.  Put it in the Microwave bowl and cook it for 3 minutes. Keep aside.
• Take a sauce pan add water, two pinch of turmeric powder, cluster beans and salt. Boil it for few minutes. Then drain well and keep aside.
• Heat a oil in a frying pan add seasonings, when mustard seeds crackled add the dal mixture and fry it for five minutes . Then add kothavarangai in it and mix well.  Lower the heat, and stir it for few more minutes. The delicious Paruppu Usli is ready.

KOTHAVARANGAI(Cluster Beans) PARUPPU USILI