Monday, January 25, 2010

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.

6 comments:

  1. oh..this one is interesting...even the peel can be used to make a lovely dish ..

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  2. that is so innovative...I've never even heard of this, leave alone tasting it.

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  3. This is great and interesting dish dear..

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  4. We make a kind of chutney with plaintain peel...this is so diff' and nice, a must try one for sure:)

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  5. i love this.looks so yummy.But ividuthe tholi use cheyyan kollilla enna thonnunathu...Missing Home

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