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Beans Usili (Beans with Ground Pulse)

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 kg Beans
  • 1/2 ts Turmeric
  • Salt; to taste --For Usili---
  • 1 c Toor dal; (cleaned and soaked for 1/2 hour)
  • 3 Red chiles
  • 4 Green chiles
  • Sprig curry leaves; (a few)
  • 1/4 ts Asafoetida
  • 1 tb Coconut oil --For Seasoning---
  • 1 ts Black mustard seeds
  • 1 ts Black gram dal
  • 2 Red chiles; broken
  • 1 tb Coconut oil

Directions:

Heat oil and mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chilies. When brown, add beans (cut into 1/2 cm. pieces), salt and turmeric. Cook till done. If there is any excess water, remove it. Grind toor dal to a coarse paste adding green chilies, red chilies, curry leaves and asafoetida. Heat one tablespoon oil and add ground paste. Cook on a low fire till dry. Break up the dal with a fork and add the cooked vegetables. Cook on a low fire till dry. Serve hot.
 
You can substitute cabbage for the beans.
 
From: Southern Delights (Recipes To Remember from Palakkad) by Parwathy Akhileswaran
 
Recipe by: Southern Delights by Parwathy Akhileswaran
 
Posted to recipelu-digest by Sharon Raghavachary <schary@earthlink.net> on Feb 17, 1998