Bell Pepper Paruppu Usili

INGREDIENTS:

• Red bell Pepper- 2 to 3 nos
• Mustard Seed – 1/2 tsp
• Oil – 6 tsp
• Curry Leaves
• Salt – to taste

TO GRIND:

• Channa Dal – 1/2 cup
• Toor Dal – 1/4 cup
• Red chilli – 3 to 4
• Hing – 1/4 tsp
• Salt – 1 tsp

PREPARATION:

• Soak Channa dal and toor dal for 1.5 – 2 hrs.
• Drain the water and ,grind the soaked Channa dal, toor dal, red chillies, salt and hing to coarse.
• Method 1 :
  • Bake the above mix in the idli breathe for 10 – 15 min.
  • After baking,let it cool and  loosen the baked mix with hand or mixie wiper (do not add water).Make sure not to make it a paste.   (or)
• Method 2 :
  • You can directly fry the dal mixture in the oil until it becomes loosen.But it consumes lot oil.
• After the above process (either of the method) Take a pan and add oil ,mustard seed,curry leaves. Then add chopped Red bell Pepper ,cook until it becomes tender. Then add the dal mix.
• Add salt to taste, fry it for 10 min.
• Serve it hot with Rice. Serving with Buttermilk Khuzhambu is the best combination.

NOTE:

• Instead of Red Bell Pepper you can use Green bell Pepper/Yellow Bell Pepper/Beans/Cluster Beans/Vazhaippu.