beetroot thoran

Ingredients:

• beetroot-1 peeled and grated.(I use hands to make small pieces.)
• grated coconut-1/2 cup
• cumin powder-1/2 tsp
• salt as per taste
• green chilly-3 chopped
• turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• onion-1/2 chopped
• mustard seeds-1tsp
• curry leaves
• oil-1tsp

Preparation:

1. heat the tawa and saute mustard seeds,curry leaves in oil.
2. add onion,beetroot,green chilly,salt,turmeric powder,cumin powder and stir well.
3. close the tawa with a lid,let it cook in that steam.
4. when its half cooked add grated coconut and stir well .
5. cook in steam and stir occassionally.
6. remove from the heat when its cooked.

achinga payar thoran

Ingredients:

• 1 handful of lengthy achinga payar
• turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• chilly powder-1/2tsp
• green chilly-1 chopped
• salt as per taste
• 1/2 onion chopped
• grated coconut-1 handful
• oil-2tsp
• mustard seeds adn curry leaves

Preparation:

1. Chop the payar to small pieces.
2. Pour oil,splutter mustards and curry leaves
3. Add chopped onion,payar,turmeric powder,green chilly, chilly powder,salt and stir well.close with lid and cook for 5 mins .
4. Add grated coconut and stir well and cook for 5 mins.ur thoran is ready.U dont need to pour water to cook the vegetable.Keep the pan covered with lid ,so that it will cook with that steam.

ladies finger(vendakka) fry

This is a simple recipe,might be useful for bachelors easy cooking.

Ingredients:

• Ladies finger/okra-20 , cut to small rectangular pieces
• chilly powder-1tsp
• onion sliced-1/2 big
• salt as per taste
• oil-2tsp

Preparaion:

1. Heat a frying a pan and pour oil,add onion and ladies finger stir well
2. Add chilly powder,salt stir well and close with a lid.
3. You should stir occasionally.Remove from the heat when its fried.

chembu(colocasia) fry

Ingredients:

• colocasia-1 big (cut into very thin round slices)
• red chilly powder-1tsp
• coriander powder-1/1tsp
• turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• jeera powder-1/2 tsp
• garam masala-1/2tsp
• salt-1/2tsp
• Oil -5tsp

Preparation:

1. Mix all the ingredients together and keep it for 30 mins.
2. Heat the oil in a tawa and put each slices to the oil to fill tawa.
3. Once it becomes golden brown take it out to a napkin to remove the excess oil.