VENDAKKAI MASALA PARUPPU USILI

I have already posted traditional paruppu usili recipe involving banana flower. In this recipe I have incorporated fennel seeds and garlic. Hence these ingredients lends a nice flavour to this curry.



INGREDIENTS

LADY'S  FINGER- 600 GRAMS

ONIONS-  2 NOS

GRAM DAL-  1 1/2 TBSP

FENNEL SEEDS- 1 TSP

RED CHILLIES- 5-6 NOS

GARLIC CLOVES- 4 NOS.

SALT TO TASTE.

OIL- 2 TBSP


FOR SEASONING

MUSTARD- 1 TSP

SPLIT URAD DAL- 1 TSP

CURRY LEAVES- 1 SPRIG


METHOD


Wash,wipe and chop lady's finger and keep it aside for twenty minutes.

Soak gram dal in hot water for 40 minutes.

After 40 minutes,drain water and grind it along with red chillies,fennel seeds and garlic cloves to little coarse paste.

In a pan add 1 tbsp oil and when it is hot,add chopped lady's finger and saute till the veggie turns crisp and switch off the stove.

In another pan add 1 tbsp oil and when it is hot add mustard when it starts to splutter,add split urad dal,curry leaves and chopped onions. Add salt and saute till the onions turn translucent.

Add ground lentil paste over the sauteed onions. Saute lentil mixture in mild heat till it becomes crumbly.

Now add in this crumbly lentil mixture to the sauteed veggie and mix well.