Paruppu is a traditional recipe made by soaking dals, pulsing it and steaming it and mixed with cooked vegetable. Usually, we make paruppu usili with Beans, cluster beans (kothavarangai), avarakkai, vazhaipoo, and cabbage. Also we make paruppu usili with vazhaithandu, methi leaves usili, onion, capsicum and broccoli too. In this recipe we are not using dals for making the paruppu usili. We are using besan | kadalai maavu and making this Instant paruppu usili. I learnt this recipe from my friend Radha few weeks back. I have tried this few days back with a small quantity and loved it very much. Yesterday, I made this again and took a video too. No one could realise it is made out of kadalaimaavu. The family just enjoyed it with sambar rice. Even when you have sudden guests or when you forget to soak the dals for paruppu usili, you can make this Instant usili recipe. Do give it a try and let me know how it turned out. Also check out
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Instant Beans usili
In a bowl add besan | gram flour. I used ¾ cup besan for ½ kg of beans. You can increase or decrease the besan as per your preference.Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, and asafoetida.Add ½ cup water to this and mix well without lumps.Let this be a thick batter, keep it aside.
In a pan, add 3 tsp oil and add ¼ tsp of mustard seeds and curry leaves.Add 3.5 cups chopped beans. I used ½ kg of beans.Mix well and add salt.Add ¼ cup water to this and cook the beans.
Once the beans are cooked switch off the flame.Keep it aside.
In a pan add 1 tbsp oil and add ¼ tsp mustard seeds, urad dal, and curry leaves.Saute till the dal turns golden brown.Now add the gram flour mixture.Mix well immediately and keep the flame low.
Spread this as a thin layer around the pan.Let this cook for a few minutes.Saute this and again and repeat the same.The besan will get cooked evenly and nicely in this way.We should get a sand-like texture, like uthir uthir texture.
Now add the cooked beans and mix well evenly.
Instant usili is ready.
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