Snake gourd thoran is a very easy to prepare side dish for rice. Even kids love to eat. It's very healthy also. Here, i am introducing very simple but tasty snake gourd thoran. I prepare this dish with small snake gourd rather longer one. It will be delicious with small padavalanga. Health benefits of snake gourd are certainly amazing like lower fever, diabetic treatment, eliminate toxins etc,. So let's start our thoran preparation?
Ingredients:
Snake gourd (small size) - 1 full (finely chopped)
Big Onion - 1 small size (finely chopped)
Green chilly - 1 or 2 , as per spice requirement (split in to two halves)
Coconut - 1/4 cup (grated)
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Oil - 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Preparation:
> Heat a pan and pour oil and splutter mustard
> Add chopped onion, splitted green chilly, curry leaves and salt and stir well till the onion become translucent.
> Add chopped snake gourd and add little more salt and stir well and cover the pan with lid and cook for 5 minutes. (stir in between)
> Add grated coconut and stir well (adjust salt) and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes too (do not over cook)
> Switch off the flame and serve it with rice as side dish.
Hope you enjoyed the snake gourd thoran. As i early said, it's very simple to prepare, but taste is amazing, right? Write your comments and visit again, thank you!!
Raw banana thoran is a healthy and tasty side dish for rice. The raw or green banana is a good source of fibre, vitamins and minerals. So banana or ethakka or vazhakka thoran is a yummy and healthy side dish. We can have the raw banana boiled or fried. Thoran is a nutritious side dish. I am introducing my own style of raw banana thoran, which you will also love to prepare again and again..
Let's start!!
Ingredients:
1. Raw banana/
Vazhakka/ Nenthranka/
Ethakka green - 3-4 numbers
2. Big onion - 1 numbers (finely chopped)
3. Green chilly - 1-2 (as per your spice requirement)
4. Coconut - 3/4 - 1 cup (grated)
5. curry leaves -2 sprigs
6. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Salt to taste
8. water as required
9. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
10. Garlic - 1 glove
Preparation:
> Peel the banana by removing the outer skin. No need to peel them deeply, and chop them into small cubes / pieces and keep that in water to avoid colour change.
> Grind coconut, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, garlic glove and a pinch of salt as a coarse paste by pulsing once or twice in a blender jar without adding water and keep it aside.
> Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion, green chilly, and curry leaves and stir well and cook till the oinion become translucent.
> Then strain the water from the banana and add that into the pan and stir well and add salt and stir again and add some water to cook the nenthranka / ethakka / vazhakka and stir well once again and cover with a lid and cook till the banana become soft or cooked, not mushy
> Once the banana is cooked, add the coconut paste and mix well and cook for a minute till the raw garlic smell leaves.
>Switch off the flame and serve with rice as a side dish.
Try this recipe at your kitchen and let me know your feed back. Your words are my inspiration..
