Beans Parupa Usili (Beans Dal Poriyal)
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Toovar dal
  • 5 Red chillies
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida
  • 1/2 kg French beans
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Bengal gram dal
  • 1 teaspoon Black gram dal
  • 1 Red chilli
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • Few Curry leaves
  • 2 tablespoons Oil
  • Salt(As per taste)
Method
Soak the dal and the red chillies in water for an hour and grind to a smooth paste, adding salt and asafoetida powder. Chop the french beans and boil with little water till tender.

Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds, bengal gram dal, black gram dal, 1 red chilli, cumin seeds and curry leaves. When the seeds start spluttering, add the toovar dal paste and fry on a low heat stirring once in a while, till the mixture is well cooked and resembles bread crumbs. Add the cooked beans and fry for a couple of minutes till everything blends.

Serve hot with chapattis.

Serves : 8 Time : 105 mins.
 
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