Paruppu Usli

Ingredients

1/4th kg Beans
half cup of tuvar dal
half cup of chana dal
2-3 red chillies
4 tbsp of oil
one tsp of rai
salt to taste
a pinch of hing

Method
Cut the beans into small pieces and cook them. Cooked beans should be dry. (no water at all). Meanwhile soak the dals and red chillies for about an hour. Grind them coarsely. Heat the oil. Add mustard seeds, ground dal paste, salt, hing. Roast well on a medium low flame till the colour changes for 5-7 minutes. Add the cooked beans and mix well.

Tips Soak toor dal and chana dal for about an hour. Drain water completely. Grind with red chillies, salt and hing. Grease the idli plates with oil and steam in a pressure cooker for ten minutes. Then after cooling, crumble by hand.