Broccoli Paruppu Usili - a Step by Step Recipe

Tweet

 

“Lentils are friendly—the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.” ~ Laurie Colwin

Indeed they are!!

Almost 52 weeks ago, when Susan first announced an event dedicated to legumes, I was one of those who was super duper happy. Since then, I have been closely participating, following and sometimes guest hosting the My Legume Love Affair event. Each month, the MLLA roundup showcase such an amazing array of legume recipes and almost always it helped me to make my lunches and dinners a tad bit more interesting!

Lentils, dals in particular are a primary source of protein for we, vegetarians and form an essential part of our Indian cuisine. There are countless recipes using various forms and shapes plus these are easiest form of dried legumes to use. Today's reipce - Broccoli Paruppu Usili, is one such protein-packed-low-fat dish. Usually made with any kind of lentils and vegetables, this dish is a staple in Tamizh households and  I have been meaning to make this for a really long time. It as delicious as I expected and will be made again & again. I am sure of it.

Sending this recipe as an entry to My Legume Love Affair # 52, this month guest hosted by dear Sra of When My Soup Comes Alive.

{Recipe} Broccoli Paruppu Usili

Ingredients:

2 cups broccoli florets
1 tsp oil
pinch of asafoetida (hing)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
few curry leaves
1 tsp of fresh or frozen coconut, grated

For the Usili Mix:

1/4 cup chana dal
1/4 cup toor dal
1-2 green chillies
salt

Preparation:

1. Soak chana and toor dals for 1-2 hours. In blender, grind together the soaked dals, green chiilies and salt. the ground mixture must be coarse and not too fine.

2. In an idli cooker, place few spoon fuls of dal mixture and steam for 10-12 mins. Meanwhile, boil broccoli florets for few mins.

3. Cool the steamed dal mixture and crumble into small pieces.

4. In a pan, heat oil and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves. Add the broccoli florets and saute 2-3 mins. then sprinkle the dal mixture over the top and mix. Let it cook for 6-7 minutes on low-medium flame. Adjust salt if desired.

4. Serve the usili in a bowl and top with grated coconut. It is a delicious accompaniment for sambar, rasam or yogurt rice.

Below is a step by step pictorial about how to make the Broccoli Paruppu Usili is made.

Soak the dals and cut broccoli into florets.

grind together the soaked dals, green chiilies and salt. the mixture must be coarse and not too fine

 In an idli cooker, place few spoon fuls of dal mixture on each plate and steam for 10-12 mins.

Boil the florets for few minutes.

heat oil and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, hing and curry leaves. Add the broccoli florets and saute 2-3 mins. then sprinkle the dal mixture over the top and mix. Let it cook for 6-7 minutes on low-medium flame

Transfer in a serving bowl and sprinkle freshly grated coconut. Enjoy!

Today is Day 6 of my NaBloPoMo challenge. Check out all of the posts previously published here.

until tomorrow,

Did you like what you just read. then Subscribe to Cooking With Siri feed  (OR)

Enter your email address and Never miss a post..


Delivered by FeedBurner

Be the first one to know what I am going to post next by "Liking" Cooking With Siri page on Facebook and follow me on twitter.