French Beans Thoran - A simple recipe for a tasty side dish

French -Beans- Thoran

Ingredients:-



1 ½ cup- French Beans finely chopped
1-2 Green Chillies
4 tbsp - Fresh Coconut- Grated
1-2 pinch- Turmeric
½ tsp - Mustard Seeds
¼ tsp- Urad dal
6-7 Curry Leaves
Salt as per taste
Oil- for cooking


Preparation:-


  • Grind grated coconut, green chillies and couple of curry leaves without adding water.
  • Heat oil in the pan, add mustard seeds to splutter, add urad dal and curry leaves. Saute for a second till urad dal turns slight golden.
  • Add the finely chopped french beans, followed by turmeric powder, salt. Sprinkle little water and mix well in a medium flame. Cover the pan and let it simmer on low flame.
  • Keep stirring once in a while to ensure the vegetable is not sticking to the bottom and there is enough moisture for the beans to cook.
  • Once beans is almost done, add the grounded coconut- chilli paste and mix well.  Cover the pan for another mintue and remove it from flame.

Note:- Tradition preparation also includes to add a dash of coconut oil before removing the thoran from flame.
The same preparation can be used for Cabbage Thoran, Carrot Thoran, Cluster Beans(Gavar) Thoran, or mix vegetable.



Recipe and Image Contributed by :- Sangeeta Iyer