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Ingredients for Vellarikka – Vanpayar Thoran (Cucumber – Kidney Beans Thoran):
1. Van payar (Brown peas also known as Kidney Beans) – ½ cup
2. Salt – As required
3. Cucumber – 250 gm
4. Coconut oil – 1 big spoon
5. Mustard – ½ small spoon
Red chillies whole – 2, cut into two
6. Scrapped coconut – 1 cup
Turmeric powder – 1 small spoon
Garlic – 2 cloves
Cumin seeds – A pinch
Curry leaves – 1 stalk
Red chili – 1
How to prepare Vellarikka – Vanpayar Thoran (Cucumber – Kidney Beans Thoran)?
1. Soak peas overnight and cook by adding sufficient water and salt.
2. Cut the cucumber into small square pieces.
3. Heat oil in a pan and sauté mustard and chillies. Keep it aside.
4. In the same pan, sauté the cucumber pieces for a while, adding salt, and cook in a low flame with the lid closed.
5. Crush together ingredients no: 6 and add to cooked cucumber pieces along with cooked kidney beans.
6. Cook in a low flame for two minutes with the lid closed.
7. Add sauted mustard and red chillies to it, mix well, and turn the flame off. Water content should be fully absorbed.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 1-14, 2017
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