Paruppu Usili

Ingredients:
Green Beans - 2 cup (cut)
Tuvar dhal - 1/2 cup
Channa dhal - 1/2 cup
Whole dry red chilli - 4
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 2 pinch
Salt

Seasoning:
Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, Urad dhal, oil

Method:
Soak tuvar dhal & channa dhal in hot water for 2 hours.
Grind these dhals in a mixer with red chilli, asfoetida, salt, turmeric powder coarsely.
Steam this mixture in idli cooker for 10 - 12 minutes.
Let it cool. Then crumble the cooked dhals.
Meanwhile boil the green beans in water with little salt. Drain the water from beans.
In a kadai heat the oil, then add crumbled dhals and fry till golden crispy.
Stir continously in medium flame .
Then in another kadai add oil,mustard seeds,cumin seeds,urad dhal.
When mustard seeds crackle add the boiled beans and stir for 2 minutes. Then add the golden crumbled dhals and stir.

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