Microwave Paruppu Usli - Easy and Quick!

Paruppu Usli is a Tamil Dish which involves.. paruppu that is Dal... and any Vegetable (mainly used is Beans,Cabbage or Plantain Flower). This method of paruppu Usli is my Mother in laws', but I use the microwave for faster cooking...

Ingr .
Beans - 2 Cups
Red Chillis whole - 3-4
Tuar dal - 1 cup
Salt - Taste
Asafoetida - a pinch
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Whole Urad Dal - 1/s tsp
Coconut grated - 1 tbsp
Curry Leaves - a few
Coriander Leaves - To garnish

Method:
Powder the tuar dal and red chillies in a mixie.
Boil 1 cup of water and pour it over the powdered tuar dal mixture and let it stand for 30 minutes
In the meanwhile, wash and cut the beans.
In a kadhai, temper mustard seeds and urad dal and add the cut beans.
while this is cooking, take a microwave bowl and put the tual dal mixture in it and microwave on high for 4-5 minutes. Remove and crush the cooked mixture into powder with your hands.
Add Asafoetida and salt to the beans and cook for a while.
When the beans are tender and cooked, add the crushed dal mixture.
Add coconut gratings and curry leaves to the paruppu usli.
Garnish with chopped coriander.

Usually served with Steamed rice and Buttermilk Stew.
PS: My Mother in law uses the traditional idli steamer to steam the tuar dal mixture and then crush them and add to the cooked vegetable, this process takes about 15 - 20 minutes, but with the microwave it finishes within 5 -6 minutes!