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Kovakkai Paruppu Usili

Paruppu Usili is a trademark brahmin recipe and mostly it is prepared with french beans,cluster beans or vazhaipoo. This kovakkai paruppu usili is inspired from Saffron Trail’s blog. Yesterday tried this recipe and it came out really well. Even if you are not

Coursemain course
Cuisinetamil

Prep Time

20minutes

Cook Time

20minutes

Prep Time

20minutes

Cook Time

20minutes

Ingredients

250gms Kovakkai
1/2tbsp Oil
1/4tbsp Mustard Seeds
Curry Leavesfew
1/4tbsp Salt
pinch Turmerica
To Grind for Usili :
1cup Channa Dal
1 Toor Dal/2 cup
4 ChilliesDried Red
1/4tbsp Hing
to taste Salt

Instructions

Soak channa dal, toor dal in water for about 20 minutes.Chop ivy gourd lengthwise
Boil ivy gourd in water with salt and turmeric.
Wait until they are 3/4 th cooked. Drain water completely.Keep it aside.
Now grind the dals along with salt,red chillies and hing to a coarse mixture.
Spread the mixture in the idly plate and steam them for about 5 minutes.
Let the steamed mixture cool down. Now crumble the mixture.
Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan and add mustard seeds,curry leaves.
Let them splutter. Add the dal mixture and saute for about 4-6 minutes.
Now to this mixture add the kovakkai.
Taste and adjust salt if required.
You can serve this paruppusili with steamed rice, morekuzhambu or arachuvitta sambhar