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PARUPPU USILI (South Indian Green Beans with Lentils)

A simple south Indian dish of green beans sauteed with spiced, steamed and scrambled lentils. Serve as a side dish with any Indian entree, particularly when you need some extra protein in your meal.

Green beans  Toor dal Chana dal Dried red chili peppers Turmeric Cumin seeds Mustard seeds  Urad dal Asafetida

Ingredients

Soak the chana dal and toor dal for 30 minutes. Blend into smooth paste with peppers, turmeric and cumin seeds, adding just a little water.

Instructions

Microwave paste for two minutes, scramble with fork, microwave again for two more minutes. Let cool and then crumble into pea-sized bits. Set aside.

Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, pop, add urad dal and asafetida. Saute until the dal begins to turn lightly golden, then add green beans.

Add salt, saute the green beans 8-10 minutes until they are tender. Stir in the crumbled lentils and saute a few more minutes.

Serve with coconut curry...

...or Chettinad mushroom masala and rice.

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