Thalan chakka thoran is an easy dish to prepare, especially for beginners. It is a traditional dish and has its own place in a sadhya. It is a nutritious dish and goes well with rice and sambhar
My mother cooked this dish last Vishu. As I enjoyed the dish, I learnt the recipe.
What you need
Unripe jackfruit: 1
Coconut: half
Chilli: quarter tsp
Cumin: 1 tsp
Garlic: 2 cloves
Turmeric: half tsp
Oil: 2 tbsp
Mustard: quarter tsp
Urad dal: 1 tbsp
Small onion: 1
Salt: to taste
Cooking instructions
Clean the jackfruit, slice and boil it until it turns soft. Let it cool and then pound it with a mortar and pestle. In a heated pan, add oil and mustard. Once the mustard splutters, add small onion, urad dal and season it. Scoop it out from the pan. In the same pan, you can put in the coconut, chilli, cumin, garlic and sauté it. Now add in the the jackfruit, salt and the earlier sautéed ingredients. Take it off the stove once the moisture from the dish evaporates. Garnish it with curry leaves.
(Aishwarya R., a post -graduate student in Food and Nutrition, enjoys trying out recipes. She has won prizes in various cooking competitions that were conducted at her college. She is currently a dietician trainee at SK Hospital.)
Keywords: Thalan chakka thoran, My grandma's recipe
The learned writer has given the recipe of an item liked by all keralites. I may be permitted
To point out that for this preparation, it will be better if tender jackfruit is used. I would also
Like to point out that green chillies gives a better taste and the oil again should be cocanut
Oil. In the malabar area of Kerala, garlic is also not used for preparing for podithuvval or
Chakka thoran.
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