Video guide for Onam special Thoran or mixed vegetable stir fry
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
200 gms cabbage
100 gms carrot
100 gms beans
1 onion (chopped)
1 cup of grated coconut
½ tsp of turmeric powder
½ tsp ginger (julienned)
1 tbsp of coconut oil
2 green chillies
½ tsp mustard seeds
2 dried red chillies
1 ½ tsp black gram
Salt
Curry leaves
Method
Step: 1
Finely chop the vegetables and then set them aside.
Step 2
Next, roughly grind the grated coconut and green chillies with a pinch of turmeric powder, to make a coarse mixture. Set this mix aside.
Step: 3
Then, heat some cooking oil (preferably coconut oil) in a pan. Add mustard seeds and wait for them to start spluttering. Then, add black gram and dried red chillies, lower the flame and wait until it turns lightly golden.
Step: 4
Start by adding chopped onion and sauté it for a few seconds. Then, add the chopped beans, carrots, cabbage, ginger, and a pinch of salt to taste. Gently mix everything.
Step: 5
Cover and cook over medium to low flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
Step: 6
Then, open the lid and add the ground coconut mixture and a sprig of curry leaves.
Step: 7
Cover and cook over a low flame for 5 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.
Step: 8
After 5 minutes, open the lid and stir for a few seconds.
Your delicious mixed vegetable thoran is now ready. Enjoy it with some hot rice!
Recipe courtesy: Sobha Varghese is a homemaker based in Mumbai, India. Sobha runs a popular YouTube blog called ‘Sobha's Kitchenette’ that focuses on authentic and traditional Kerala recipes.
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