Cabbage Thoran

Thorans can be made with finely sliced carrots, beans, long runner beans, unripe jackfruit, beetroot and all leafy vegetables like spinach, drumstick leaves etc. Possibilities are endless!

Ingredients :
Grated Cabbage – 11/2 cup
Small Onion – 4
Green Chilly cut into small pieces – 3
Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp
Coconut oil - 2tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 flake
Cumin seeds - small pinch
Salt - to taste

Method:
Crush the grated coconut, turmeric, cumin, onion, and green chillies together and mix this with gratted cabbage and salt and keep aside. Season the mustard and curry leaves in oil and pour this into the above mixture and cook on a low flame, till done.

Parippu Curry

One of the most simplest recipes - To make and eat!!!

Ingredients :
Lentils (green gram dal) - 1cup
Water - 3cups
Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
Salt - to taste
Ghee - 2tsp

Method :
Lightly fry the lentils in a pan. Boil 3cups water and add the washed lentils and turmeric powder. When it boils, lower the flame. When the lentil is cooked well, add salt to taste and ghee. Mix well and remove from fire.

Koottucurry

I was in a mood to experiement and decided to try something which I have never tried. The taste is something which I remember for sure... I googled, I read many versions in my various cook books, called up one of my friends who is a specialist... Finally, I decided to go with my instinct and go ahead...

In kootucurry, a variety of vegetables and Bengal gram(Kadala) is used. The main difference between this curry and 'Aviyal' is addition of tamarind in Avial. So, lets start?

Ingredients
Bengal gram dal - 1/2cup
Pumpkin, snake gourd,
Long runner beans,
yam, Cucumber - 1/4kg (all put together)
Inner flesh of drum stick - 1/2cup
Grated coconut - 1/2cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Green chillies - 3 (split them into 2)
Salt to taste

Coconut oil - 1/4cup
Mustard - 1tsp
White gram dal - 2dsp
Dried red chillies - 3 (each sliced into 3)
Curry leaves - 2sprigs
Ghee - 1dsp
Grated coconut - 1/4cup

Method :
Cook the bengal gram dal with salt and water to a thick gravy. Clean and cut the vegetables into small pieces. Par boil the vegetables by steaming. Grind 1/2cup grated coconut and mix it with turmeric powder and green chillies.
Heat oil and season mustard, white gram dal, dried red chillies and curry leaves. Add the ground coconut mixture. Saute for sometime, till the water dries. Add the cooked vegetables, salt and bengal gram dal. Saute well.
Heat 1dsp ghee and fry the 1/4cup grated coconut in it till golden brown. Add this to the koottucurry and mix well.

Its ready!