Plantain Flower Parapu Usili

Ingredients:

• 1 fresh plantain flower (clean and cut and put it in thin butter milk)
• 1 cup channa dal - soak in water for 30 min.
• 1/2 cup thur dal - soak in water for 30 min.
• 10 - 12 red chilly
• 1 sp asafetida
• Oil to fry
• 1 sp mustard seeds
• 1 sp uduad dal
• 1 sp turmeric powder
• Salt

Method:

• Grind the dals and red chilly togather and keep aside.
• In a pan pour oil and make seasoning.
• Add cut flowers and salt. fry well.
• Add asafetida powder.
• Now add ground dal mixture and mix well.
• Sim the flame.
• Stir now and then.
• Let the curry become crisp.
• For this curry you have to pour more oil to make the curry tasty.
• This is a all time favourite curry that is parapu ussali in my house.
• Remove the Ussalai serve with rasam rice.
• Good combination with rasam rice.

Notes:

• You can steam the ground dal to use less oil.
• You can use french beans or kuthu avarai for making this ussalai.

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