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Cabbage - Vanpayar ( Red Beans )Thoran
Published on September 18, 2024
Kerala Cuisine

Ingredients:
1/2 cabbage, shredded or chopped
1/4 cup vanpayar / red beans ( 1/2 cup cooked)
1 cup grated coconut
3 shallots
3 green chillies
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
2 dry red chillies
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp coconut oil
Preparation:
- Soak the vanpayar in water overnight and pressure cook it adding enough water and salt. Drain the water and keep it aside.
- Crush the grated coconut, shallots, green chillies, few curry leaves and cumin seeds together and keep it aside.
- Heat coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds.
- Add dry red chillies, curry leaves, cabbage, turmeric powder and salt and mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes at medium flame, stirring occasionally.
- Add crushed coconut mixture to this and mix well and cook covered for 2 minutes.
- Then add cooked vanpayar, mix well and cook covered for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
- Remove from flame and serve with rice…
Cabbage - Vanpayar ( Red Beans )Thoran
By
Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cabbage, shredded or chopped
- 1/4 cup vanpayar / red beans (1/2 cup cooked)
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 3 shallots
- 3 green chillies
- 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 2 dry red chillies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- 1Soak vanpayar overnight, pressure cook with water and salt, then drain.
- 2Crush coconut, shallots, green chillies, cumin, and curry leaves.
- 3Heat coconut oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds.
- 4Add red chillies, curry leaves, cabbage, turmeric, salt. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
- 5Mix in crushed coconut and cook covered for 2 minutes.
- 6Add cooked vanpayar, mix, and cook for 2-3 minutes. Serve with rice.
Description
A Kerala-style stir-fry of cabbage and red beans, tempered with coconut and spices.