Pappaya / Omakka/ Kaplanga thoran

Pappaya / Omakka / Kapplanga is an easily available vegetable in most of the houses in India.  It is very healthy vegetable too. It is very easy to prepare a thoran with pappaya.  The recipe is in Kerala style along with coconut.  We are using raw pappaya for this recipe. Hope you will enjoy the easy to prepare, healthy and tasty thoran in your kitchen. Let's start!!!

Ingredients:

Pappaya/ Kaplanga / Omakka   - 1 small or 1/2 of medium sized (finely chopped/ grated)

Big onion                                   - 1/2 (finely chopped)

Green chilly                               - 3-4 (sliced diagonally)

Curry leaves                               - 2 sprigs

Grated coconut                          - 1/2 to 3/4 cup

Turmeric powder                       - 1/4 tsp

Mustard                                      - 1/2 tsp

Oil                                              - as per requirement

Salt                                             -  to taste

Preparation:

> Chop raw pappaya finely (either you can use food processor to grate or use vegetable grater)

> Mix the grated pappaya, chopped onion, sliced green chilly, curry leaves, grated coconut, salt and turmeric powder using fingers

> Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard and then add the pappaya mixture.

> Mix well and cover the lid and wait for 5 minutes

> Then open the lid and stir fry until dry

> Our healthy and tasty pappaya thoran is ready to serve

> Serve with rice


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Raw Mango Curry (Pacha manga curry)

Raw mango curry (pacha manga curry) is tasty side dish, which we can prepare very easily at our kitchen..Let's start preparation?

Ingredients: 

Raw Mango                            - 2 numbers (250 gm)

Chilli powder                         - 2 tsp

Coriander powder                  - 4 tsp

Turmeric powder                   - 1 tsp

Fennel (perumjeerakam)       - 1 tsp

Small onion (Shallots)           - ½ cup (chopped)

Ginger                                       - ½ inch piece (finely chopped                                                                lengthwise)

Green chilli                            - 4 (chopped into two lengthwise)

Curry leaves                           - 2 springs

Coconut oil                             -  3 tbsp

Coconut milk (1^st milk)          - 2 cup (from 3 cups grated coconut)

Coconut  milk (2^nd milk)        - 2 cup

Mustard                                  - 1 tsp

Dried red chilli                       - 3 (cut into two pieces)

Preparation:

Ø  Take the mangoes and remove the outer green later and cut into 1 inch long pieces

Ø  Make a paste of red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and fennel (perumjeerakam) and add chopped onion, ginger, green chilli and one spring curry leaves and mix well with hand

Ø  Then in a pot/ pan add the mix and add chopped mangoes and 2^nd coconut milk and half of the first coconut milk and mix well and allow the content to boil

Ø  After boiling, reduce the flame and close the pan with a lid and allow it to cook well

Ø  When the mangoes are cooked well add the remaining first coconut milk and switch off the furnace when it starts boiling

Ø  In a pan, pour coconut oil , splutter mustard and add dried red chilli and curry leaves and pour this to the mango curry

Ø  Mango curry is ready to serve

We can have this mango curry along with rice, appam, chappathi, parotta etc., Everyone will love the taste of this mango curry. 


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Olan

We can’t imagine a Sadhya, especially Onam Sadhya without ‘Olan’, right? Olan is an unavoidable item in Onam Sadhya… So, today I wish to introduce a simple and easy Olan recipe for you… Add this simple and tasty recipe to your Onam Sadhya this year….. ‘Olan’ is a side dish prepare with ash gourd or white gourd (Kumbalanga)… Researches show that the use of ash gourd or kumbalanga will reduce weight in human being because of its water content….

Wish you all a happy and prosperous Onam!!!

Ingredients:

Ash gourd (Kumbalanga) ------------------- 1 cup (cut into thin but 1 inch long pieces)

Coconut ---------------------------------------- 1 number

Red beans (Vanpayar) ---------------------- ¼ cup

Green chilli -------------------------------------- 3 numbers (split lengthwise)

Curry leaves ------------------------------------ 2 springs

Dried red chilli --------------------------------- 2numbers (for seasoning)

Oil ------------------------------------------------ 2 tablespoon

Salt ----------------------------------------------- to taste

 

Preparation:

Ø Wash and soak the red beans (vanpayar) for 3-5 hours (overnight)

Ø Take first and second coconut milk from grated coconut, in separate vessels and keep it aside

Ø In a pan, take ash gourd (Kumbalanga) pieces, soaked red beans (vanpayar), green chilli, one spring curry leaves and a little salt and the second coconut milk and close the lid and allow it to boil and cook well

Ø Add the first milk squeezed from coconut and stir well, adjust the salt and make it warm and switch off the furnace (don’t allow to boil after adding first milk)

Ø Heat the pan, pour oil and splutter mustard and fry the remaining curry leaves and dried red chilli and pour it over the cooked ‘olan’

Ø Serve as a side dish with rice

 

This recipe is very simple to prepare and very tasty too…. Prepare this in your home for this years’ onam sadhya and let me know the feedback… Your words are my inspiration…So write your comments before you go to the next page……

 

 

 

Tomato Pachadi

As all we know, tomatoes have many health benefits…  Tomatoes are filled with many nutrients and antioxidants, which help our body to combat diseases… Today, we are going to prepare a simple and tasty pachadi with Tomato… The recipe is very easy to prepare and everyone will love the taste..

Ingredients:

1.     Tomatoes(Bangalore)  ----------------- 5 numbers

2.     Curd --------------------------------------- 2 cups

3.     Coconut ---------------------------------- 1 number (grated)

4.     Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)--------------- ½ teaspoon

5.     Oil ------------------------------------------ 4 teaspoon

6.     Mustard ---------------------------------- 1 tablespoon

7.     Green chilli ------------------------------- 5 numbers

8.     Dried red chilli -------------------------- 2- 3 numbers (for seasoning)

9.     Curry leaves ----------------------------- 1 spring

10.     Salt --------------------------------------- to taste

11.     Water ---------------------------- as needed

 

Preparation:

Ø Wash and cut the tomatoes into small pieces

Ø In a pan, take tomato pieces, a little salt and water and allow the tomato to cook well

Ø In a mixer grinder, make a paste of coconut, greenchilli, cumin seeds

Ø Add the paste to the cooked tomatoes and stir well

Ø Add curd and stir well and allow it to start boil in low flame (don’t allow to over boil)

Ø Same time, heat another pan, pour oil and splutter mustard and add curry leaves and dried chilli and stir and add this to the tomato mix and switch off the flame

Ø Serve as a side dish with rice

I am sure that you will enjoy eating tasty tomato pachadi….

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