Friday, April 21, 2006

Kale Thoran



Kale – 1 bunch, coarsely chopped
Onion – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tsp, finely grated
Green chillies – 3, slit
Grated coconut – 3 tbsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Salt – to taste
Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
Whole urad(black) – ½ tsp

Mix the coconut with onion, green chillies, ginger, turmeric powder, and salt in a bowl. Rub these together very well with your fingers. Keep aside. Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds & whole urad. When they start to splutter, add the chopped kale leaves followed by the coconut mixture. Fry on a medium heat with continuous stirring until all the leaves are wilted. Lower the flame and keep on cooking covered for another 5 minutes with occasional stirring. Serve hot with rice.

17 comments:

Vineela said...

Hi RP,
Can u explain what is the meaning of"Thoran"
New recipe it seems to be good for health.
Its very nice that you have given link about all green leaves.
Vineela

Lakshmi said...

even it's new for me, shall give it a try.

Tanuja said...

Hi Rp,

I tired kale but did get the word Thoran I will try this very soon.

Thanks for the greens info link.

Santhi said...

I have NEVER had this green and NEVER thought that I will try it..

Your post tempts me to RP...

RP said...

Vineela, thoran is a Malayalam word which means a dry side dish with coconut added. You may use other vegetables such as cabbage, carrot, green beans, beets, drumsticks, kovakka/tindora, or any other greens, or I have even seen fish thoran!!

Lakshmi, this is the first time I have made it too. When one of our friends brought us dinner when I was recovering after delivery, one of the side dishes was kale thoran. I liked it then, and finally prepared it myself after a year!!

Santhi & Tanuja, I hope you will like it. My husband said it tasted better than spinach. Kale doesn't leave a lot of water while cooking like spinach. So we can make it a perfect dry stir fry.

Ashwini said...

Goodness that recipe could actually make me buy that vege :-) I just drop kale in a dal but have never tried it as a dry usal kind of thing.

Reshma said...

kale as a thoran- cool, combo! have you tried any other greens for thoran, mustard/collard etc? do you think they will work as well?

BDSN said...

Wow food blogging is so interesting .....ur pic is greeny and so yum!!i will see if i get this green and will soon try ur version!!

Gini said...

Had no idea! Looks like it doesn't turn too watery. Will try it.

RP said...

ashwini, as I have already said kale is perfect for a dry stir fry. It won't get mushy and watery like spinach. I haven't tried adding it to the dal yet.

reshma, I haven't tried mustard or collard greens as a thoran, but I know my friend makes thoran out of collard greens. Same recipe.

BSDN, hmmm the picture would have been greener. You didn't notice the brown spots, did you? Actually it burned! But my husband likes anything that is slightly burned. So he was happy.

gini, it won't turn watery. Actually there is NO water in this leaves compared to spinach.

Garam Masala said...

RP,

First time here. What an interesting dish! I've never used Kale in any Indian-ized way. Very creative!

Keep the creativity coming

Saffron said...

wow! that looks lovely and green. I like leafy vegetables in general and this recipe sounds great! will have to try this out.

cheers!

RP said...

Garam masala, thank you for visiting.

SH, we too like the greens. Hope you will like it.

Gini said...

Hi RP..We made this today, and it was delicious! Not watery at all. Thanks again for the recipe..hope to post it in my blog soon.

RP said...

Good to know that gini. I will look forward to your post.

Aruna said...

I did try this...it was good, kale, eating for the first time was a bit bitter, But thanks to you RP, if not for your recipe, I wouldnt have mustered the courage to try Kale.... Thank You...Aruna.

Mythreyee said...

you can also send link for this if less amount of coconut can be used instead of 3 tablespoons.