Thoran
by Su's Kitchen
01 Sep 2014
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Pumpkin flowers and leaves cooked in authentic Kerela style. .
You can always grow pumpkin plants in a pot and use the flowers to make a special dish.
Thoran recipe - How to make Thoran
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Makes 4 serving
2 cups pumpkin leaves or pumpkin flowers
1/2 cup grated coconut
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
salt to taste
2 green chillies
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
4 to 5 garlic (lehsun) cloves
4 to 5 curry leaves (kadi patta)
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/2 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1 whole dry kashmiri red chilli
2 tbsp coconut oil or oil
Method
- Method
- Chop the pumpkin flowers and leaves.
- Roughly grind coconut, salt, turmeric, cumin seeds, curry leaves, onion and garlic and keep it aside.
- Take a vessel add oil and let it heat.
- Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry chilli.
- As it starts to splatter add the chopped pumpkin flowers and leaves.
- Saute it for some time and add the paste.
- Cook the vegetable on slow fire until dry.
- Serve it with hot rice.
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