Vegetarian Dishes

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Cabbage Thoran



Ingredients

* chopped cabbage - 3 cups
* turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
* cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
* green chilies - 2 or 3
* des. or fresh coconut - 1/2 cup
* garlic cloves - 3
* onion - 1 small (optional)
* urad dal - 1 teaspoon
* mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
* oil - 1 teaspoon
* salt to taste

Preparation

1. Chop the onion. Heat the oil on medium heat and add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the urad dal and curry leaves. Then add the onions and sauté till browned.
2. Now add the cabbage, turmeric powder and salt. Stir for a while, lower the heat and cook covered for five minutes.
3. Crush the garlic and cumin seeds and add to the cabbage along with the green chilies and the coconut.
4. Stir for a few more minutes and remove from heat.

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Beans Thoran

Ingredients of Beans Thoran

* Beans - 1/2 kg
* Onion (small) - 3
* Coconut (grated) - One cup
* Green chilli - 3
* Mustard seed - One tea spoon
* Garlic - 2 pod
* Oil - One table spoon
* Turmeric - One pinch
* Curry leaves - Few
* Salt - To taste

Method

1. Cut beans into very small piece. Grind coconut, turmeric, onion, green chilli together.
2. Add one table spoon of oil in to a frying pan ( cheena chatti in Malayalam) and add mustard.
3. When the mustard pops add beans, garlic and mix well.
4. Then add the ground coconut masala and do not mix but the masala should be covered by the beans.
5. Add curry leaf and salt to taste. Keep the pan covered and cook in a low flame for 5 minutes.
6. Stir well and serve hot.

Note

For easy cooking one can add coconut, onion, chilli directly to the beans without grinding.

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Celery Payaru Thoran

Ingredients

* 6- 8 sticks: Celery chopped
* 1/2 cup: Green moon (cherupayar) cooked to 3/4th
* 3/4 cup: Grated coconut
* 1/4 : Chopped onion
* 2 cloves: Garlic
* 1 small piece: Ginger cut into julian strips
* 6-7: Green chillies chopped (can alter based on taste)
* 2-3: Dried red chillies
* 1 stick: Curry leaves
* 1 tsp: Mustard
* 1/2 tsp: Cumin
* 1 tbsp: Oil

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan
2. Add mustard to it and let it splutter
3. Just pound the garlic and cumin together and add it to the oil and fry it for few seconds.
4. Add ginger, chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves, red chillies and fry it for a minute.
5. Add the celery and coconut and cook it till the celery is half cooked.
6. Add the cooked cherupayar and cook it covered for some more until everything is evenly cooked.
7. Add salt to taste