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Beans Paruppu Usli Powder

my take on beans parupu usiyal 


beans paruppu usiyal


This recipe takes inspiration from Chitra Balachander's beans parupu usiyal. The moment I tried this recipe, I fell in love with this simple, soul-pleasing beans recipe from south India.

Try it once and you will never be fed up with this healthy recipe.

I have made this recipe umpteen times ever since with slight variations. After my first attempt, I have started including chana dal along with tuvar dal - both equal quantities. I have also added fresh coconut and ginger to the recipe.


I always use 1 onion for tempering this recipe along with rai, urad dal, chana dal. Adding onion enhances the taste of this recipe and takes it to another level.

My main ingredients for the recipe are:
1/2 cup- tuvar dal/arhar dal
1/2 cup- chana dal
1/4-1/2 cup- fresh coconut
salt, ginger, turmeric

For tempering :

mustard seeds
urad dal
curry leaves
1 onion
salt

Today, I tried to make tikkis or cutlets with this recipe. These tasted divine - nobody can tell what ingredients you have used.

Chitra Vishwanathan/Chitvish/CV's paruppu usli powder
1/2 cup tuar dal or pigeon peas
 1/2 cup channa dal
 4 red chillies
1/2 tsp hing (asafetida)

Procedure to make paruppu usli powder
Dry roast the dals on a medium flame for 5 minutes.
Dry roast chillies and then add hing.
Cool and grind into a coarse powder.
Chitvish's paruppu usli powder is ready for use!
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  1. Ritu Singh MendirattaApril 23, 2016 at 8:42 PM

    Amazing. Sounds interesting. Must b very delicious. Will try

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  2. Ritu Singh MendirattaApril 23, 2016 at 8:42 PM

    Amazing. Sounds interesting. Must b very delicious. Will try

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