Recipe: Delicious Okra Paruppu Usili

Okra Paruppu Usili. Beans Paruppu Usili, a traditional poriyal variety of Tamil Brahmin Kitchen. Usili Tastes so yummy with Mor Kuzhambu or Vatha kuzhambu. In this video I have shared with you How to cook okra or ladies finger perfectly along with moong dal. moong dal okra recipe gives you perfect side dish..

Usili is a very traditional dish made in Tamilnadu and is very popular among the brahmin community. Paruppu Usili is a very popular Tamil Brahmin dish. It is commonly prepared with vegetables like plantain flower, cluster beans, cabbage, french beans, broad beans etc. You can cook Okra Paruppu Usili using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Okra Paruppu Usili

1. You need 300 gms of okra, cut into 1" thickness.
2. Prepare 2 cups of leftover dal.
3. You need 2 tbsp. of oil.
4. You need 1tsp of mustard seeds.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
6. It's 1 of dry red chilli.
7. You need 1 of green chilli.
8. You need 1 sprig of curry leaves.
9. It's 1 tbsp of chana dal (Bengal Gram).
10. You need 1 tsp of split urad dal (black gram).
11. You need to taste of salt.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
13. It's 1-2 tbsp of coriander leaves, chopped.
14. You need 1 tsp of lime juice.
15. It's 1 tbsp of fresh grated coconut.

It is one of our family's. Paruppu usili is a south Indian dish often made with green beans, but here I have tried it with Okra(Vendakkai), which is a rare combination I suppose, but still worth a try. Paruppu Usili (Lentil Crumbled) is a traditional dish made by the Tamil Brahmins. Cooked vegetables are stir fried with roasted lentil paste.

Okra Paruppu Usili instructions

1. In a pan simmer the dal till dry and till it resembles bread crumbs. Keep aside..
2. Heat oil in a pan and temper with mustard seeds, red chilli and cumin seeds. Allow it to splutter. Add the chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves and green chilies. Saute for a few seconds..
3. Then add the okra, salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and cook, covered on a low flame till the okras turns soft..
4. Now add the dried dal and lime juice and toss well..
5. Garnish with coriander leaves and coconut. Serve as a side dish with rice or chapatis..

Paruppu Usili is a quintessential Tamil Brahmin dish recipe I was unaware of till I met TH. This is his favourite side-dish to go with rice and rasam or kara kozhambu. I have posted this dish once before. Vazhaipoo paruppu usili, a traditional tamil brahmin recipe made using banana flowe and lentils, serves a perfect accompaniment for rice. The Menthia Keerai Paruppu Usili, is a lip smacking dish of steamed toor dal crumbled tossed along with methi leaves.