Name: Spinach Thoran
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup Spinach (Cheera); 3 nos Shallots (sliced, Kunjulli); 2 nos Green chillies (slit lengthwise); 1/2 cup Coconut (grated); 1 no Dry red chilly; 1/2 tbsp White rice; 1/2 tbsp Urad dal; 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds; Curry leaves (Few); Salt (As reqd)

Spinach Thoran

Chopped spinach cooked with grated coconut. Highly nutritional recipe.

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup Spinach Cheera
3 nos Shallots sliced, Kunjulli
2 nos Green chillies slit lengthwise
1/2 cup Coconut grated
1 no Dry red chilly
1/2 tbsp White rice
1/2 tbsp Urad dal
1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
Curry leaves Few
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Take a pan and add the chopped spinach. Cook the spinach in low heat to remove the excess water.
When the spinach leaves become dry, remove the pan from fire and keep aside.
Pour oil into a pan and heat it. Crackle mustard seeds.
When the mustard seeds begin to splutter, add white rice, urad dal and curry leaves. Saute in low heat.
Add sliced onions and green chillies. Saute until soft.
Mix the grated coconut and dry red chilly and saute for some time. Add required salt.
When the coconut turns light golden, pop it to the central portion and stir the spinach on top.
Cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes until done.
Open the lid and saute the spinach thoran under high heat and remove from fire when dry.