Broccoli Paruppu Usili

This is my dear husband's all time favorite.
 A very healthy and different Usili. Feel free to substitute Broccoli with any vegetable.
Typical veges are Beans, Kothavarangai (Cluster Beans) but trust me and go wild with any vegetable that does not have more water content. You will be good. ;-)

To make about 5 cups of Paruppu Mixture:

• Soak the following in enough water overnight:

           1/3 cup of Moong dhal
           1/3 cup of Urad dhal
           1/3 cup of Chana dhal
           1/3 cup of Toor dhal
           5 Red Chillies

• The next day, grind them along with 2 Green Chillies, 1 tsp of Salt,  a pinch of Hing, a pinch of Turmeric powder to a coarse texture.
• Add little finely chopped Curry leaves, Cilantro, 1 Tbsp of Oil and mix them well with hand.
• Steam the mixture in idli pan for 10 mins
• Let the steamed mixture cool down a little
• Add 1 Tbsp of Oil and Crumble the mixture in the Mixie. Do not fine ground it though! Just one quick run in the Mixie would break down the lumps and you will end up with perfectly soft and delicious Usili mix as shown above.
• The given ingredient quantity would yeild about 5 cups of mixture. You may divide them into 5 portions and freeze them in individual ziplocks. The mixture stays fresh and would last for more than a Month!  

 To make the Usili:

• Thaw 1 cup of Usili Mixture that you prepared and freezed as mentioned above. (Leave the frozen packet in the fridge overnight. If you forgot to do that, just immerse the frozen packet in a bowl of hot water for few minutes to thaw the mixture)
• Steam the desired Vegetable (in this case Broccoli) for about 3 mins in Microwave. You may sprinkle some salt before steaming. Set the steamed vegetable aside.
• Heat a pan with 3 tsp of oil
• Temper the Oil with 1 tsp of Mustard seeds
• When the seeds splutter, add a spring of curry leaves and 2 Red Chillies
• Add the Steamed vegetables and fry it for 3 minutes
• Add the thawed Usili mix and fry for another 3 minutes so the oil coats the veges and dhal mix
• Now cover the pan and simmer the stove for another 7 minutes
• Soft and Delicious Usili is ready to be Served!
• Since you have the mix prepared beforehand, you can make any vegetable Usili in just under 15 minutes (ie) if you remembered to thaw the frozen angel. :-)