Beans Paruppu Usili and Awards

This recipe is not made at my home ; but learnt from friends and bloggers. I like Beans made this way, different from usual stir fry with coconut.

Ingredients:

Chopped Beans 1 ¾ cups

Channa Dhal or Kadalai Paruppu ¼ cup

Dried Red Chillies 1-2

Pearl Onions 3

Cumin ¾ tsp

Mustard ½ tsp

Curry Leaves few

Salt

Oil

Preparation:

Soak channa Dhal for one hour and drain. Peel and chop Pearl Onions. Cut Beans into very fine pieces.

Method:

Grind drained Channa Dhal, Chillies and Cumin to a coarse paste.

Heat Oil in a Pan. When hot, add Mustard seeds. When they complete crackling, add Pearl Onions and Curry leaves.

When onions turn slightly brown, add ground paste. Fry for a while and then add chopped Beans & Salt.

Cook till done.

Serves: 2

Serve with Rice and Sambar or any Kuzhambu.

Awards now:

Sangeetha of Typical Indian Cooking was the first one to share her awards with me. If someone remembers you on a happy occasion and wants to share something they own, will you not be happy?? I was really happy that day.

Few days later (or few months, I don’t remember), I was awarded with the bunch of Awards from one of my friend, Sobha of Good Food. I was really happy. But the rule was to send to 15 more bloggers. To my surprise, all of my blogger friends had all or some of the awards I received. Finding new bloggers in this blogosphere is very easy, but I hesitated as how can I award them as soon as I come to know them. I was not okay with that.

When I was thinking what to do or ask some of my blogger friends, I received the same awards from another friend Mugdha. Ahhhhhh!!! I started breaking my head.

I am not complaining anyone. Thanks for your awards. But I cannot ignore those awards nor receive them. I was more embarrassed. I was uncertain how to reciprocate or what to give back. Is just a Thanks okay? 

It came to my mind one day (Thank God!!), why I can’t prepare my own awards for them and also to some of my other blogger friends. I created a rule to myself; I must find out what is best in them and create accordingly.

I am not good in Paintshop, but did my level best to please you. This is just a token of love that you have showed upon me.

Enthusiastic Blogger:

Sangeetha of Typical Indian Cooking gets this award. She is highly enthusiastic, posts very frequently with different twists in usual recipes. She doesn’t forget to comment or post. I wish her good health and all success. Some of my favorite Recipes in her space -- Tomato Adai, Vegetable Omelet Paniyaram, Spinach Vegetable Idli and Oothapam, Broccoli Potato Masal Roast

Innovative Blogger:

I like Sobha of Good Food mainly because of her Innovative Ideas. 

My favorite recipes in her space would tell you how innovative she is -- Plaintain Sweet Dosa, Spinach and Carrot Pulao,  Saucy Gobi, Sweet and Spicy Wheat Kozhukkatai. 

She gets this Innovative Blogger Award.

Unique Blogger:

Are you looking for Unique Recipes, search for them in Mugdha’s Cooking Fundas. 

You will find more than what you expected. She gets this Unique Blogger Award.

Some of my favorite Recipes in her space –- Garlic Chicken, Aloo Dum, Chilli Soyabean, Jackfruits seeds Fry, Ripe Banana Fritters and many more.

Creative Blogger:

Do you want to see mushroomed aliens, Butterfly shaped Rava Dosa, Green Puppets, Babycorn gals?  Not only she is creative in clicks, she is creative in her recipes too. 

Padhu of Padhuskitchen gets this Creative Blogger Award.

Some of my favorite creative recipes in her space --  Aval Pulao, Pumpkin Chutney, Gooseberry Raita, Radish-Channa Gravy.  Check out her blog to look for more lovely creatures and her recipes. 







Versatile Blogger:

You can find everything here - Non-veg Recipes, Drinks, Sweets, Tasty Starters and what not. 

Will it not be apt if Jay of Tasty Appetite is awarded the Versatile Blogger?? 

I like all her Sweets and Starters. Some of my favorites - Rasgulla, Jhangiri, Coconut Bharfi , Veppampoo Rasam and much more..







Innovative Blogger:

Another Innovative Blogger is Vimitha of My Culinary Trial Room, a good friend of mine. 

Some of my favorite recipes at her space -- Pepper Masal Roast, Stuffed Miliagai Bhajji, Oats Porridge with Banana and Dates, Beetroot Chapati.  

Check out for more Innovative recipes at her space. She also motivates me and others with her quick and lovely comments. Thanks Vimitha.







I have got many other blogger friends too; some new friends too whom I got through Blog Hopping Wednesday.. I am trying to find out what is best in you and preparing awards for you all; will publish soon.


Thanks for reading this long post. Please accept your awards..

Bye

Laxmi