Monday, November 10, 2008
Vanpayar thoran
OK!
Today i will post an easy recipe,ie vanpayar thoran.
Red lentil's malayalam version is called vanpayar and thorans are the dishes which are made using srapped coconuts...many thorans are there like cabbage thoran,beans thoran,carrot thoran,beetroot thoran,raw banana thoran,jackfruit thoran etc.
Most of the kerala dishes are made using coconut and we use coconut oil for cooking....
So back to recipe...
Ingredients
Red lentil -1 cup
coconut scrapped-1/2 a coconut
garlic-few
green chilly-1
jeera-1/2 tea-spoon
turmeric powder-1/2 tea-spoon
salt as needed
mustard seeds,curry leaves etc
oil-2 tea-spoon
Method
Boil the red lentils with lots of water and salt and a li'l turmeric
Grind the srapped coconut,garlic,chilly,turmeric and jeera.
In a pan heat a li'l oil.Crackle mustards along with curry leaves.put the boiled lentils and then mix grated coconut mixture(add salt if u need).Mix the whole thing thoroughly.Cover and cook in medium flame for 5 mts..
Your red lentil thoran is ready...
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pls add receipes for various kind of rices too..like biriyani /fried rice etc :)
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