Banana Flower Stir-fry (Vazha Koombu Thoran)

A delicious banana heart (flower) stir-fry which is usually served as side dish with rice. I found some refrigerated banana flowers in the Indian grocery store and dared to buy it once again eventhough last time it turned out to be slightly bitter. It tasted great this time! After removing the outer loose bracts (petals), the flower is finely chopped and washed in water with a pinch of turmeric and salt to avoid further browning. My mom usually add some oil to it and mix with hand to remove fibers (if any). To lightly fried onion, garlic and green chilli, the chopped flower and other spices are added and cooked. Then grated coconut is added and stir-fried for a few more minutes.
Recipe Courtesy: Vrinda's Sankeerthanam

Green Beans Carrot Stir-fry (Thoran)

In Kerala we make a thoran out of any vegetable by adding grated coconut to it. Thorans are very easy to make and are served as a side dish with rice . Thoran could be made with green beans alone, carrot alone or a mixture of both. The spices added to thoran vary in different households.
Recipe courtesy: Marias Menu

Celery Moong Stir-fry (Celery Cherupayar Thoran)

Celery and mung bean made a great combination for this stir fry. Whole moong is cooked first and then stir fried with onion, celery and other spices.
Recipe Courtesy: Liz David at Pachakam.com

Celery Carrot Stir-fry (Thoran)

Celery and carrot complemented each other in this delicious stir-fry. Celery gave a nice flavor to the thoran eventhough its strong flavor was toned down by carrot.
Recipe Courtesy: Pazham Pappadam Payasam

Cherupayar Thoran (Whole Moong / Green Gram Coconut Stir-fry)

One of my favorite thorans ever! Green gram thoran is usually served as a side dish with rice or kanji (plain rice porridge). This highly nutritious dish can be served alone as a snack too.
 Recipe Courtesy: Sarah's Vazhayila

Beetroot Coconut Stir-fry (Thoran)

This is a simple beetroot stir-fry. I didn't want to bite into big pieces of beetroot in my thoran. My food processor came to the rescue, to grate the beet and then to coarsely grind coconut and other spices. Loved it with rice.
Recipe Courtesy: Malabar Spices

Cabbage Carrot Stir-fry (Thoran)

Yet another thoran recipe from Kerala! Carrot can be combined with any other vegetable to give a sweet twist to the plain thoran.
Recipe courtesy: Salt and Pepper

Red Radish Greens Stir-fry (Poriyal / Thoran)

I never knew that radish greens are edible. There was some left over greens from the two bunches of red radish that I bought the other day. I was glad to know that the greens are edible and made this delicious stir-fry.
Recipe Courtesy: Padhus Kitchen

Cabbage Egg Stir-fry (Thoran)

Cabbage and egg is a great combination for thoran. This can be served as a side dish with rice or roti.
Recipe Courtesy: Lekshmi's Adukkala

Mixed Sprouts Stir-fry (Thoran)

This is a nutritious dish which could be served as a snack or side dish with rice or roti. Sprouts of green gram (moong), azuki beans (red chori), black chick pea and fenugreek are used for making this stir-fry.
Recipe Courtesy: Yummy O Yummy

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Carrot Thoran (Carrot Coconut Stir-fry)

Carrot thoran is a very nutritious and mildly sweet side dish that goes with rice. Sweetness can be reduced by adding more green chilli or red chilli powder. The recipe that I followed calls for the addition of shredded bell pepper which is an interesting twist. I'll try that next time.
Recipe Courtesy: Live to Eat

Collard Greens Thoran (Stir-fry with Coconut)

Collard Greens is a very healthy leafy vegetable rich in nutrients with medicinal values. It tastes very similar to drumstick leaves. I couldn't resist to try this thoran since I'm a fan of drumstick leaves.
Recipe Courtesy: From My Home Kitchen

Payar Thoran (Yard Long Beans Stir-fry with Coconut)

There are different varieties of Yard long beans (payar) which differ in color, size and apperance.This is a typical Kerala thoran with the dark green payar that we get in the grocery stores here.
Recipe courtesy: Malabar Spices

Red Swiss Chard Thoran (Stir-fry with Coconut)

Red Swiss Chard tastes very similar to Kerala's Red Cheera (Red Amaranth or Hopi Red Dye Amaranth or Chinese Spinach). I love greens and this stir fry forms a nutricious side dish with rice.
Recipe Courtesy: Sarah's Vazhayila

Asparagus Thoran (Asparagus Coconut Stir-fry)

Asparagus is a vegetable with lots of nutritional and medicinal properties. As usual I started cooking with this vegetable with a thoran recipe. It turned out to be a delicious and nutritious side dish with rice.
Recipe Courtesy: Look Who's Cooking Too

Brussels Sprout Cherupayar Thoran (Brussels Sprout Moong Dal Stir-fry)

This is the first time I'm cooking with Brussels sprouts. I thought cooking them with moong dal is a safe way to start since I don't know how they taste. These mini cabbages taste very similar to cabbage and the combo with moong dal turned out to be great.
Recipe Courtesy: Sarah's Vazhayila

Padavalanga Thoran (Snake Gourd Coconut Stir-fry)

This is an easy thoran recipe with snake gourd. Smaller the size of chopped snake gourd, better the taste.

Recipe Courtesy: Pachakam.com

Pavakka Thoran (Bittergourd stir-fry with coconut)

Me and my husband loves bitter gourd in any form. This is a simple stir fry recipe that I makes often to serve as a side dish with rice. This time I sauteed it a little bit more in the oil to reduce the bitterness of the 'really bitter' gourd that we get here.
Recipe courtesy: Tina's Kaipunyam

Red Chori Sprout Usli (Salad / Sundal / Guggillu)

Usli (Konkani) or Sundal (Tamil) or Guggillu (Telugu) is a bean-lentil salad popular in South India. Different kinds of salads are prepared with different varieties of beans and lentils. Here I made usli with sprouted red chori (red cowpeas or azuki beans). It could be served as a snack or as a side dish with rice. Sprouting of red chori could be done easily in 1-3 days depending on the weather.
Recipe Courtesy: Veggie Platter

Green Beans Thoran (French Beans Stir-fry with Coconut)

Beans thoran is a common side dish served with rice in Kerala. Green beans is cooked with coconut and other spices to make this protein packed thoran. The beans variety that we get in Kerala is different from the green beans / french beans that I used here.
Recipe courtesy: Nisha's Kitchen