Thoran

Ingredients

2 cups of any one of these vegetables (finely chopped) – beetroot, carrot, beans, snow beans, cabbage
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Udith Dal (Ullutham paruppu) – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – few
Oil – 2 tsps
Green chillies – 2
Coconut – ½ cup (grated)

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add udith dal and curry leaves. Sauté till the udith dal turns golden brown. Then add any one of the vegetables and add a glass of water. Cover the pan and let the vegetables cook on medium flame. In a mixie add ½ cup coconut & green chillies and grind to a fine paste with few tbsps water. Once the vegetables are well cooked, add this mixture and sauté well. Thoran is ready to be served.

Olan

Ingredients

Black eyed beans (Van Payaru) – ½ cup, soaked overnight and pressure cooked
White gourd (Elavan) – 2 cups, cut into thin slices
Yellow pumpkin (Mathan) – 2 cups, cut into thin slices
Colocasia / Taro (Chembu) – 2 cups, cut into thin slices
Green chillies – 3, slit
Coconut milk – 2 cups
Coconut oil – 2 tbsps
Curry leaves – a few
Salt – as required
Water – to boil, as required

Preparation Method
Put a glass of water to boil and add colocasia, black eyed beans, yellow pumpkin, white gourd and green chillies. Once it is semi cooked, add salt as required. Once the vegetables are well cooked, add 2 cups of coconut milk slowly keeping the gas on medium flame. Let it simmer and take care so that it does not boil. Once it begins to simmer, turn off gas. Add 2 tbsps of coconut oil and curry leaves with the stalk. Olan is ready to be served.