This thoran is often prepared with the leftover banana peels after making banana chips. Banana peels along with whole moong dal makes a nutrient rich thoran.
Kaya thondu thoran is mainly cooked before wedding day.
INGREDIENTS
- 250 gm raw banana peel / pachakaya thondu
- ¼ cup green gram / cherupayar
- Oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp ginger, chopped
- 2 green chillies, chopped
- 2 tbsp shallots, chopped
- Curry leaves
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- Salt as needed
- ¾ cup grated coconut
INSTRUCTION
- Clean and cut banana peel into small pieces.
- Boil green gram dal and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Crackle mustard seeds. Sauté ginger, green chillies, onion chopped, and curry leaves.
- When onion turns light brown in colour, add turmeric powder, salt and banana peel. Mix well and close with a lid and cook.
- When peel is cooked, add green gram and grated coconut. After 3 minutes, switch off the stove.
Delicious banana peel thoran is ready.
Very delicious!
Never included raw banana peel.Nice way of making thoran with it.
nattiloke kalyanathinte thale divasam oke undakkunna special thoran..:)love it
Quite an interesting dish…Well made
looks super …very intersting recipe
Looks inviting recipe !
I love them, have them posted in my site a while back. Lunch combo picture looks delicious and tempting 🙂
super delicious thoran,yummmy spread !!
New to me,looks healthy..nice meals.
Interesting recipe, new to me.Love to have this with steamy rice and sambar, of course pappadam
nice use of peels in to dish, lovely spread
Interesting and healthy recipe…and also I couldn't restrict myself drooling at those super fried fishes too…tempting!
Every classic dish and ever loved. Though I have cleaning up the peel.
I have never cooked with banana peels, this looks so delicious..
Healthy and yummy thoran
Banana peels..didn't even know they are edible. This is so exotic and delicious.
Wow.. poriyal with raw banana peel, sounds interesting!
Delish and appealing!!