Cabbage Thoran

Fresh and easy to rustle up, these delectable recipes shared by culinary expert and sattvik food curator Gita Hari of Dakshin Coastal, ITC Maratha, are sure to make a quick addition to your list of  easy foods.

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Ingredients
l  50 gms Carrot            
l  50 gms Beans            
l  30 gms Drumstick                
l  50 gms White pumpkin    
l  50 gms Raw banana        
l  50 gms Yam            
l  80 gms Grated coconut    
l  40 gms Yoghurt        
l  2-3 Green Chillies        
l  a spring Curry leaves        
l  40 ml Coconut oil        
l  ½ tsp Turmeric powder    
l  Salt to taste

Method
l  Cut all the vegetables into 1 inch long strips
l  Boil all the vegetables just right (not overcook nor undercook) with turmeric and salt.
l  Grind chili and coconut coarsely
l  Once the vegetables are boiled, retain the vegetables with some water in which the vegetables were boiled
l  Add the paste in the boiled vegetables and cook for some time
l  Introduce beaten curd, stir and switch off burner
l  Add salt and drizzle coconut oil from top. Garnish with curry leaves and serve luke warm

Cabbage Thoran

Ingredients
l  2 cups Chopped Cabbage   
l  ¼ cup Tuvar dal    
l  4 tbsp Grated coconut
l  2 Green chillies chopped  
l  Turmeric a pinch
l  Curry leaves a sprig
l  Oil for cooking
l  Cooked tuvar dal for garnish
l  Mustard seeds for tempering
l  Salt to taste

Method
l  Boil dal just right (don’t overcook), set aside
l  Heat oil in a pan and temper with mustard seeds
l  Once the seeds splutter, add cabbage and cook with turmeric and salt
l  Combine dal, coconut, green chillies into the cooked cabbage
l  Garnish with curry leaves, tuvar dal and serve with sambar or rasam rice
l  Paruppu Pradhaman  (Lentil kheer)
l  This is lentil and jaggery-based dessert

Okra Pachadi

Ingredients
l  4 Okra (bhendi) cut into roundels   
l   1 large cup Dense curd    
l  ¼ cup Coconut grated
l  1-2 Green chillies  
l  Oil for tempering
l   Salt to taste
l  Mustards and red
chillies for tempering

Method
l  Deep fry okra and keep aside
l  Grind coconut and green chillies into a fine paste
l  Beat the curd. Combine ground paste, salt and fried okra
l  Temper with mustard seeds and red chillies

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