plantain peel and green gram coconut stir fry / kayatholi cherupayar thoran

whenever I make banana chips , I dont feel like throwing away the fresh green plantain peel / kaayatholi .Every part of the plantain tree is useul. You can make a tasty  thoran with this green plantain peel along with red or green gram ( Vanpayar / cherupayar).

Ingredients:
Raw Plantain peel chopped finely - 1cup
green gram (cooked ) -   1/2 cup
green chilly -1
small onion - 2

coconut - 2 tbsp

turmeric powder -1/4tsp

chilly powder  -1/4tsp

salt to taste.

seasoning:

mustard -1/4 tsp

urad dal -1/4 tsp

dry red chilly

oil 1 tbsp

curry leaves few

Method :

Take water in a vessel and keep the chopped plantain peel in it.

Crush coconut along with onions and green chilly.

Heat oil in a pan and  add mustard , urad dal and when it splutter , add red chilly and curry leaves.

Drain and squueze out the water from the chopped plantain peel and add them to the pan .
Add salt and turmeric powder.cover and cook on a low fire.(sprinkle some water if needed )
Add the cooked green gram ,coconut mixture and  red chily powder one by one and stir well.
 Cook  for 2-3 minutes till dry.
Serve hot with rice and curry.