Carrot paruppu Usili

Paruppu usili is a traditional south indian dish which is made from dal and vegetables. Usili can be made from a variety of vegetables You can use capsicum, cabbage, avarakai, banana flower, beetroot, French beans, cluster beans, snake guard. Most common one is beans. I have used carrot in this dish.

Tastes best with rice and kolambu.

Serves: 3 

Ingredients:

1.       Carrot - 4

2.       Channa dal (Kadala paruppu/Bengal gram) - 1/2 cup

3.       Toor dal (Tovaram paruppu/Red gram) - 1/2 cup

4.       Dry chilli - 3

5.       Salt as needed

6.       Aesophatida – a pinch

7.       Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp

8.       Curry leaves – 5nos

Method:

1.       Soak Channa dal and toor dal in water for 15-20 min.

2.       Chop the carrot into very small pieces and cook it with little salt. Keep it aside.

3.       Blend the dry chilli in a blender slightly. You can adjust the no of chilli as per your need.

4.       Now add the soaked dal, salt, a pinch of aseophatida and little water to the blender and blend it to make a fine paste.

5.       Heat oil in a pan.

6.       Add the grinded dal and saute it nicely. Add oil as needed. 

7.       Saute till the dal is cooked and becomes soft.

8.       Cool the fried dal. Blend it slightly in a blender so that any large lumps would be broken down and the dal will look like coarse powder. You can store this in a airtight container in freezer for even 10 days.

9.       Heat oil in a pan.

10.   Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and fry till they splatter.

11.   Add the fried dal and cooked carrot.

12.   Fry nicely. Add salt and oil as needed.

Serve hot with rice and kolambu