Thoran – veg stir fry with coconut, is an integral part of everyday Kerala lunch. Thoran is made with almost any vegetable, here I'm sharing a very basic thoran recipe with easily available vegetables like carrot & beans.
Here is the recipe…
Ingredients
- 250 gms each Carrot & beans
- 1/2 cup Grated coconut
- 4 Green chilly (slit lengthwise)
- 5 Small onion / Pearl onion
- 1 tsp Chopped Garlic
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- A small pinch Jeera ( optional)
- Salt
- 1/2 tsp Mustard
- Curry leaves
- Coconut oil
Instructions
- Cut the beans finely and grate the carrots. Combine coconut,green chilly, small onion, garlic, turmeric powder and jeera. Mix it well using your hands. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves & the coconut mixture. Fry it for 2-3 minutes (do not make the coconut brown). Add the sliced beans, grated carrots & salt. Combine everything well. Sprinkle around 1 tbsp water & cover and cook it on low flame till its done. This should be ready in 5-10 mins, approx.
Notes
Give it a stir once in between, otherwise it may stick to the bottom. You can increase the amount of coconut if you like.
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Thoran has no jeera and garlic
Authentic thoran definitely no
you mention combine coconut and in the next line you mention add oil mustard curry leaves and add coconut. Do you want to split coconut into two sets?
Hi,
As a first step you need to mix coconut with the said ingredients. Then heat the pan and splutter the mustard seeds. Then add the coconut mixture. Hope it’s clear now.
I love your website! Thank you for sharing your recipes. In the recipe above you have mentioned No 2 ingredients. Please let me know what it means.
Hi Nandita,
Thank you :)
Sorry for the confusion, I’ve updated the recipe now..
Cheers
Maria
You are welcome Sonia :) Hope you got a chance to explore the site..
Cheers
Maria
Thanks for the detailed instructions. I tried my first naadan dish using your recipe and it came out perfectly.
You are welcome Anasuya :) Nice to know that you tried the first nadan dish from here.
Happy cooking!
Cheers
Maria
for beginers like me its a good one to try and start with
Thanks Neeni :)
not a good recipe.. wish you could improve it and post
Thanks Maria :)
Hi,
I have a suggestion to improve this. Its always better to smear the veggies with salt (and turmeric powder, if required) and steam them before frying them for about 5-10 minutes. That way, the veggies loose very little of freshness, color, flavor, crispiness and nutritional value. You will get them medium cooked in steam in 5 minutes or so. Then, depending on personal preferences, they can be fried with whatever ingredients, consistency and depth, as desired. It takes less time too, steam is an extremely efficient cooking medium, trust me. Do let me know if you find this helpful. In fact, this can be applied to almost all kinds of “malayali veg thoorans” ! Please do not try cabbage and other similar light cooked thoorans in this fashion. Those are better lightly fried directly, without steaming.
Hi Abraham,
Thanks for taking time to explain in detail, appreciate it.
Cheers
Maria