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Spinach Thoran

Chopped spinach cooked with grated coconut. Highly nutritional recipe.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 3 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.
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