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In Kerala normal lunch menu is not complete without thoran..Every day for lunch we will prepare any type of thoran or mezhukkupuratti (Stir fries of vegetables) as a side dish for rice. Today I am posting here a different variety of thoran/stirfry of Papaya. Hope you all know the health benefits of Papaya. So including Papaya in your menu is good for your health. Here I used the grated raw papaya for preparing this thoran. It tastes like normal cabbage thoran. It is a best option to serve this grated papaya thoran which is similar to cabbage thoran , for those who hate to eat papaya , because they wont realize the difference. It is very easy to prepare.Just follow my recipe. Try it and let me know how it turned out for you
Ingredients
Papaya-1/2 medium sized
Grated coconut-1 cup
Green chilies-4-5
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves-few
Small onions-5
Method Of Preparation
- Remove the outer skin and seed of the papaya
- Grate the Papaya. I used grater for grating the Papaya
- Grind coconut with green chilies and turmeric powder without adding water
- Mix the grounded mixture with grated papaya and add enough salt in it and mix well
- Heat oil in a pan, then splutter mustard seeds
- Once mustard seeds starts to splutter add curry leaves and small onions in it, then saute it for few minutes
- Finally add the above mixture in it and cook for few minutes
- Tasty Papaya thoran is ready to serve hot with rice
Looks great. We maharashtrians also make a stir fried vegetable for lunch/dinner… some also call it foogath