Usli Curry
Usli is a very tasty curry or sabji - a mix of vegetable, dal and spices. (Pronounce it as oosli, U as in 'Uttar Pradesh' ). It goes really well with More Kuzhambu/Rasam/Vatha Kuzhambu rice. (Find these recipes in 'Curry&Spice' page). You can make this curry with vegetables like Kottarangai (cluster beans), Beans and Vazhai Poo (Banana flower).
Ingredients:
Vegetables (kottarangai/cluster beans or beans) : 250g (or) Banana Flower : 1
[Note: If you are choosing banana flower, please remove the black stigma from the flowers. Chop the flowers and put them in water mixed with little butter milk which helps in stopping them from turning black]
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste
Turmeric : 1/4 tsp
Dal : 200g (40% tuwar dal=80g, 60% Chana dal=120g)
Red chillies : 2
Green chillies : 2
Asafoetida : 1/4 tsp
Oil : 3-4 tbsp
Rai : 1/4 tsp
Urad dal : 1 tsp
Freshly grated coconut : 1 tbsp
Fresh Curry leaves
Fresh Coriander leaves
Method:
1. Clean and chop the vegetables, add salt (1/4th tsp or as per your taste) and pinch turmeric to it and cook it in a pressure cooker for 1 whistle.
2. Soak the dal (both tuwar and chana dal) in water for 1 to 1.5 hrs. Then drain the water, add red chillies, green chillies (you can adjust the chillies as per your taste), salt(3/4 tsp or as per your taste), asafoetida, pinch turmeric (turmeric here is optional) and then grind it coarsely. Then add chopped curry leaves(say 6-7) and few chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.
3. Divide the ground dal mixture into small portions and steam them (just like you steam idlis, place them on a idli plate greased with little oil), steam them for 7- 10 min.
4. Then let it cool down and crumble them down.
5. Drain water from the vegetables by squeezing them gently.
6. Now heat oil in a pan on medium flame, once hot add mustard seeds and let it crackle. Then add urad dal, few curry leaves (say 6-7) sauté for few seconds and then add the crumbled dal mixture. Saute it well for 4-5 min. (dont over sauté , else it will become dry).
7. Then add the vegetables, mix and saute again for 4-5 min, adjust salt if required.
8. Add few chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves. Add freshly grated coconut, saute for 1 min on low flame and then switch off the flame.
(Usli Curry)
(More Kuzhambu - a good combo for Usli curry)
Ingredients:
Vegetables (kottarangai/cluster beans or beans) : 250g (or) Banana Flower : 1
[Note: If you are choosing banana flower, please remove the black stigma from the flowers. Chop the flowers and put them in water mixed with little butter milk which helps in stopping them from turning black]
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste
Turmeric : 1/4 tsp
Dal : 200g (40% tuwar dal=80g, 60% Chana dal=120g)
Red chillies : 2
Green chillies : 2
Asafoetida : 1/4 tsp
Oil : 3-4 tbsp
Rai : 1/4 tsp
Urad dal : 1 tsp
Freshly grated coconut : 1 tbsp
Fresh Curry leaves
Fresh Coriander leaves
Method:
1. Clean and chop the vegetables, add salt (1/4th tsp or as per your taste) and pinch turmeric to it and cook it in a pressure cooker for 1 whistle.
2. Soak the dal (both tuwar and chana dal) in water for 1 to 1.5 hrs. Then drain the water, add red chillies, green chillies (you can adjust the chillies as per your taste), salt(3/4 tsp or as per your taste), asafoetida, pinch turmeric (turmeric here is optional) and then grind it coarsely. Then add chopped curry leaves(say 6-7) and few chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.
3. Divide the ground dal mixture into small portions and steam them (just like you steam idlis, place them on a idli plate greased with little oil), steam them for 7- 10 min.
4. Then let it cool down and crumble them down.
5. Drain water from the vegetables by squeezing them gently.
6. Now heat oil in a pan on medium flame, once hot add mustard seeds and let it crackle. Then add urad dal, few curry leaves (say 6-7) sauté for few seconds and then add the crumbled dal mixture. Saute it well for 4-5 min. (dont over sauté , else it will become dry).
7. Then add the vegetables, mix and saute again for 4-5 min, adjust salt if required.
8. Add few chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves. Add freshly grated coconut, saute for 1 min on low flame and then switch off the flame.
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