Kothavarangaai Paruppu Usili

Ingredients:

• Cluster beans (Kothavarangai) - 2 cups (diced)

• Gram Dal - 1/2 cup

• Red Chillies - 3

• Onions - 1 small diced

• Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp

• Oil - 2 tbsp

• Salt to taste

Method: Soak gram dal for a couple of hours. Grind it to a coarse paste/dough along with a little salt and red chillies.

Make them into marble sized balls/flat discs or pat them onto idli plates and steam them in a pressure cooker. Allow to cool and break them roughly.

In a pan, heat oil,splutter mustard seeds. Add the onions and saute. To that, add the cluster beans and a little salt and allow to cook until almost done. To this, add the steamed broken dal cakes and mix well. Fry for a few minutes and remove from heat.