French Beans Thoran Vishu Recipe

French beans Thoran is a popular recipe. It is a simple recipe, easy and tasty. Try and enjoy.

Ingredients for Thoran

French beans – 500 gms [chopped]

Green chilies – 4

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Onion – 1

Coconut – ½ cup [grated]

Salt to taste

For Seasoning

Curry leaves – 1 string

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Dry chilies – 1 [split into 2]

Oil – 1 tbsp

Method of preparing Beans Thoran

Heat oil in a pan and add dry chilies, chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Fry for 5 minutes and add the chopped French beans, turmeric powder and salt.

 Mix well and cover the pan with lid and cook on low flame for 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally.

 Coarsely grind the grated coconut, green chilies and onion and add to the cooked French beans and mix. Cook for another 5 minutes.

Serve with rice.  

Vishu Kanji – vishu special Recipe

Vishu Kanji is a popular recipe. It is known as Vishu Katta also. Learn how to prepare Vishu Kanji in this Vishu.

Ingredients for Vishu Kanji

Raw rice – 1 cup

Grated coconut – 1

Cumin seeds – 1/2   [coarsely powdered]

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Vishu Kanji

Add 3 tbsp warm water in to the grated coconut and extract the thick milk

Grind the grated coconut in a mixer grinder by adding 1-2 cups of water. Strain the milk in a strainer, approximately 2 cups of coconut milk. Add the coarsely powdered   cumin seeds   in to the coconut milk.

Heat a thick bottomed pan, add the coconut milk and bring to boil. Wash the rice and keep aside. When the coconut milk began to boil then add the rice and salt.

Stir well and close the lid. Cook for 15 minutes on low flame. Open the lid and add the thick coconut milk and stir continuously until the rice is cooked and the mixture become thick.  When done, pour into a plate and allow to cool. Cut into pieces and serve

Pumpkin Olan-- Vishu -- Recipe

Ingredients for Olan

Green Pumpkin – 50 gms [peel and cut into cubes]

Red Gram Dal – 2 tbsp

Green Chilies – 3 [cut into pieces]

Coconut Milk – 1 cup

Coconut Oil – 1 tbsp

Curry Leaves – 2 strands

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Pumpkin Olan

Cook the red gram dal in pressure cooker. Cook the vegetables with salt and green chilies.

Mix the cooked red gram dal and cooked vegetables. Add 1 cup coconut milk and boil, when it becomes thick, add 1/4 cup of thick coconut milk. Cook again for 2 minutes.

Remove from the fire and add coconut oil and fresh curry leaves and serve.

Olan –Vishu –special

Olan is a very simple traditional recipe of Kerala. Learn how to make Olan in this Vishu recipe.

Ingredients for Olan

Cow peas [vanpayar] – ½ cup

Kumbalanga [winter melon, petta] – 200gms

Green chilies – 4 [split into 2]

Coconut milk – 1 cup

Curry leaves – 2 strings

Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

Method of Preparing Vishu - special - Olan

Soak cow peas in water for 3-4 hours.  Pressure cook, the peas till soft. Peel the kumbalanga and cut into small slices. Add kumbalanga pieces, green chilies and salt into cooked cow peas and cook for 10 minutes on low flame.

Add coconut milk and boil 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add coconut oil.

Garnish with fresh curry leaves

Jack Fruit Elissery Vishu Recipe

Ingredients for Jack Fruit Elissery

Jackfruit – 2 cups [peel and cut into small pieces]

Jack Fruit seeds – 1 cup

Coconut – 1cup

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Chill powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Salt to taste

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Dry Red chilies – 2 [split into 2]

Curry leaves – 1 string

Method of Preparing Jack Fruit Elissery

Cook the jackfruit pieces with turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt by adding enough wter.  When it is well cooked, mash with a ladle
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Grind the ½ cup grated coconut with cumin seeds by adding little water and add to the elissery.  Cook for 5 minutes and remove from the flame
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Heat oil in a pan and add dry chillies, mustard seeds, and curry leaves. Fry for 2 minutes and add the remaining grated coconut and fry till the coconut become dark brown. Then add to the jack fruit elissery. Serve hot with rice.

Mambazha Pulissery [Ripe Mango in yogurt] Vishu Recipe

Mambazha Pulissery  [Ripe Mango in yogurt] is authentic Vishu recipe.March--April is the  mambazha season of  Kerala  This is a delicious and simple sweet and sour curry. Coconut and curd are the main base of this authentic dish.Add jaggery into it, so it become sweet sour curry. This is my grandmother’s recipe. It's aroma is very attractive when we add the fried Fenugreek seeds,  mustard seeds dry red chillies,  and fresh curry leaves , my mouth is already watering.  The sweetness of ripe mango and the sour of yogurt make this curry delicious. Mango is good for health, rich in vitamin A, E, iron, antioxidants and yogurt has rich in calcium.

Ingredients for Mambazha Pulissery

Ripe Mangoes [small size] – 3

Jaggery—1 piece

Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp

Red chili Powder – 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp

Green chili – 2

Water – ½ cup

Salt to taste

Grind to Paste

Coconut – ½ cup

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

For Seasoning

Oil – 2 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp

Dry red chilies – 2 [cut into 2 pieces]

Curry leaves – 1 string

Method of Preparing Mambazha Pulissery

 Peel and cut the ripe mangoes into pieces  and bring to boil with water, turmeric powder, red chili powder, green chili powder and salt.  Cook   for 10 minutes on low flame then add jaggery and cook for 2 minutes.

Grind the grated coconut, cumin seeds into fine paste and add to the mangoes. Mix and boil for 2 minutes
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Whip yogurt and add to the mangoes and mix and stir lightly on low flame and remove from the flame and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and add dry chilies, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves, fry for 2 minutes and Add to pulissery.
 Fenugreek seeds enhance the aroma to pulissery. Mambazha pulissery is ready.
Serve hot with rice.

Ginger Pachadi Recipe

Ingredients for Ginger Pachadi

Ginger – ½ cup [chopped]

Onion – 1cup [chopped]

Green chilies – 4 [chopped]

Oil – 3 tsp

Curry leaves – 1 strand

Sugar – ¼ tsp

Curd – 2 cups

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Ginger Pachadi

Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and add chopped ginger and fry till the ginger become light brown. Add chopped green chilies, chopped onion and curry leaves and fry for 5 minutes. Add sugar, salt and curd mix well and remove from the flame.

Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and fry for 2 minutes and add to the ginger pachadi.

Serve with rice