Payar thoran

Payar thoran

Ingredients :-

• Payar - 1 cup

• Grated coconut - 2  Tbsp to 1/4 cup

• Shallots- 3 or 4 or half of a large onion

• Garlic - 2 cloves

• Green chili chopped - 2

• Dried red chili - 1 or 2

• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

• Curry leaves - few

• Salt to taste

Preparation :-

1. Clean & soak the payar over night.

2. Cook the soaked payar for 5 to 8 mins and drain the water.

3. Crush shallots, garlic and green chilli in a mortar for few seconds.

4. Add coconut to it and mix well with your hand or grind it for 1 minute and keep it aside.

5. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.When it pop up , add  red chilli, one chopped shallot  and curry leaves.

6. Add cooked payar and mix well.

7. Keep everything to the center and cook it covered for 2 minutes or till it is dry.

8. Add coconut mixture and saute well for a couple of minutes or till it is dry.

 Serve warm with kanji / rice..

Sending this to Kerala Kitchen Event hosted by Julie @ Erivum Puliyum

Cabbage thoran

Cabbage thoran

Ingredients :-

 • Cabbage - 2 Cups ( shredded )

 • Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

 • Mustard seed - 1/2 tsp

 • Dry red chillies - 2

 • Green chilli - 2

 • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

 • Coconut - 1/4 Cup ( grated )

 • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

 • Oil

• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

  1.  Take a frying pan & heat up oil.

  2.  Add mustard seed & urad dal. Let the seed crackle.

  3.  Add green chilli, red chillies, curry leaves & turmeric powder.

  4.  Stir the mixture for few seconds.

  5.  Add cabbage, salt & 1/4 cup of water or springle some water.

  6.  Cook all over normal heat up till the cabbage is tender.

  7.  Mix grated coconut with it and cook for 3 minutes & serve up hot.

Carrot thoran

Carrot thoran

Ingredients:-

* Grated carrot - 2 cup or 4-5 carrots

 * Onion chopped - 1

* Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

 * Ginger chopped - 1/2 tsp

 * Green chiles chopped - 3

 * Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

 * Mustard seeds

 * Curry leaves

 * Salt to taste

 * Oil

Preparation :-

* In a bowl combine grated carrots , grated coconut, chopped ginger, green chiles , turmeric powder , salt & mix well with your hands

 * Heat oil in a pan & add mustard seeds, when they pop up add curry leaves & chopped small onion

 * Saute for 3-4 minutes & add the carrot-coconut mixture & combine it well.

 * Keep everything to the centre of the pan & cook it covered on a low flame for 5-6 minutes.

 * Uncover & saute for 2-3 minutes & remove from heat.

 * Serve hot

Egg Stir fry

 Mutta thoran / Egg Stir Fry

Ingredients:-

• Egg - 2 or 3

• Onion - 1 ( med chopped )

• Green chilly - 3 ( chopped )

• Coconut - 3 to 4 tbsp grated

• Turmeric pdr - 1/4 tsp

• Curry leaves

• Salt to taste

• Oil

 Preparation :-

• Beat the eggs & keep it aside.

• Mix coconut, green chilly & turmeric pdr in a bowl.

• Heat oil in a pan & add chopped onion, when it turns light pink
colour ,add coconut mixture , salt & saute it well for 2 min

• Add the beaten eggs ,curry leaves & scramble it continuously until
it looks like a thoran :)

Serve it hot with rice