Mullangi paruppu usili is a traditional South Indian dish made with radish and lentils. It is a healthy and flavorful side dish that is usually served with rice and sambar or rasam. Here is a recipe to make mullangi paruppu usili and serve hot with rice, sambar, or rasam.
The preparation begins by soaking lentils for an hour, then grinding them with radish pieces, red chillies, and salt to create a coarse paste. This mixture is steamed in an idli plate for 10-15 minutes, then cooled and scrambled.
Next, in a kadai, hot oil is tempered with mustard seeds, followed by finely chopped onions, crushed ginger, garlic, and curry leaves. The lentil and radish mixture is added to the kadai and cooked on low heat, stirring occasionally. Finally, grated coconut is mixed in before serving. This dish is a delicious blend of spices and textures, perfect as a side or main course.
Mullangi Paruppu Usili Rasam
Mullangi Paruppu Usili
4
servings10
minutes15
minutesA side dish made with radish (mullangi) and Bengal Gram Dhal.
Ingredients
Radish (Mullangi) – 2
Bengal Gram Dhal – 1/2 cup
Red Chillies – 5
Big Onion – 1/2
Ginger – 1 small piece
Garlic flakes – 3 to 4
Coconut gratings – 2 tablespoons
Curry Leaves – few
Oil – 5 tablespoons
Mustard – ½ teaspoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- Soak the dhal in water for about one hour. Scrap the skin from radish and cut it into medium size pieces. Wash the dhal and drain out the water completely. Grind dhal and radish pieces together with red chillies and salt (like vada dough). Remove it.
- Grease Idli plate and put the dhal and radish paste and steam it for ten to fifteen minutes. Remove and cool it. When it is cooled, scramble it by your fingers.
- In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up, add onion chopped finely and fry for a while. Then add the ginger and garlic crushed and fry for a while. Then add curry leaves and fry. Now add the dhal mixture and stir well. Keep it on low flame for five to ten minutes stirring now and then. Finally add coconut gratings and mix well. Keep it on stove for few seconds and remove.
Notes
- You can also add few drops of lemon juice at the end. You can also skip the coconut, if you do not want.
Thanks Kamala for the new recipe. I will try it out very soon. Rema.
Hi Rema,
This is one way of adding more radish in our diet.
hi, new to the site, thanks.
hi I am new to this site. your receipes r simple to do & tastier. thanks s lot
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