Onion Thoren recipe

  Big Onions – 2 cups [sliced]

Ginger – 1 piece – [chopped]

Green chilies – 5

Coconut – 1/2 cup [grated]

Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Dry Red Chillies – 2 [cut into 2 pieces]

Curry leaves – 1 strand

Oil – 2 tbsp

Method of Preparing Onion Thoren

Coarsely grind the grated coconut, green chilies, and ginger and mix with the chopped onion.

Heat oil in a pan and put dry red chilies, chana dal, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the chopped onion mixture and salt. Mix gently and cover the pan and cook for 5-10 minutes on low flame.

Remove from the flame and serve hot with rice or chappati

Snake gourd [Padavalanaga] Thoran

Padavalanga Thoran

Ingredients for Snake Gourd Thorn

Snake Gourd [padavalanga] – 250 gms [peel and cut into small pieces]

Moog Dal – 1/4 cup

Oil – 2 tbsp

Coconut – 1/4 cup [grated]

Green Chilli – 3

Onion – 1 [cut into pieces]

Curry Leaves – 1 strand

Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Dried Red Chilli – 1[split into 2]

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Snake Gourd Thoran

Heat oil in a pan and put dried chilli, chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, curry leaves and fry for 2 minutes.

Add snake gourd pieces, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and cover the pan and cook for 5—10 minutes on low flame.

Coarsely grind the grated coconut, green chilies and onion pieces in a mixer grinder and add to the snake gourd thorn and mix gently. Cook for another 2 minutes.

Serve hot.

Green Chilli Vattal Recipe

Ingredients for Green Chilli Vattal

Big Green Chilies – 250 gms

Butter M ilk [sour] – 2 cups

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Green Chilli Vattal

Split the green chilies at one side. Soak the green chilies in salt and butter milk over night.

Remove the green chilies from the butter milk, next day dry it again in the sun light.

Put the green chilies into the same butter milk at night and dry it in the sun light, the next day.

Repeat the process daily until all the butter milk is completely absorbed. Dry the chilies well.

Keep the chilies in airtight jar. When needed they can be fried in hot oil till crisp and served.

Pappad Thoran Recipe

Ingredients for Pappad Thoran

Pappads—10 [fried]

Onion – 1 [chopped]

Green Chilies – 2 [chopped]

Coconut – 1/4 cup [grated]

Chana dal -- Oil – 1 tbsp

Mustard Seeds – 1/4 tsp

Chana Dal – 1 tsp

Dried Red Chilli – 1 [split into 2]

Curry Leaves – 1 strand

Heat oil in a pan and fry dried red chilli, chana dal, mustard seeds, and curry leaves for 2 minutes.

Add chopped onion and green chilies and fry for 2 minutes. Add grated coconut and mix till the water is absorbed.

Add fried crumbed pappad and mix gently.

French Beans with Carrot Thoran Recipe

French Beans with Carrot Thoran

Ingredients for Beans Carrot Thoran

French Beans – 250 gms [chopped]

Carrot – 2 [chopped]

Coconut – 1/4 cup [grated]

Green Chilies – 3

Small Onion – 1

Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil -- 1 tbsp

Curry Leaves – 1 strand

Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp

Dried Red chilli – 1 [split into 2]

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Urad Dal – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing French Beans with Carrot Thoran

Heat oil in a pan and add red chilli, chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds and curry leaves and fry for 2 minutes. Add chopped French beans, chopped carrot, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and cover the pan with a lid and cook on low flame for 10—15 minutes.

Coarsely grind the grated coconut, green chilies, and small onion. Keep it aside.

Remove the cover and add the coconut mixture and mix gently. Cook for 2 minutes again and serve hot.