Recipe - Beans Usili (Beans With Ground Pulse)

One half kg Beans
One half teaspoon Turmeric
Salt; to taste
For Usili
1 cup Toor dal; (cleaned and
soaked for One half hour)
3 Red chiles
4 Green chiles
Sprig curry leaves; (a few)
One fourth teaspoon Asafoetida
1 tablespoon Coconut oil
For Seasoning
1 teaspoon Black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon Black gram dal
2 Red chiles; broken
1 tablespoon Coconut oil

Heat oil and mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chilies. When brown, add
beans (cut into One half 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 recipeludigest by Sharon Raghavachary schary@earthlink.net on
Feb 17, 1998