Receta Stir Fried Raw Papaya with Coconut (Kappalanga Thoran /Omakka Thoran)
After some of the high calorie posts, here I am with a simple thoran with Kappalanga/ Omakka (Papaya). Thoran is a Kerala dry side dish made of a finely chopped / grated vegetables or leaves mixed together with grated coconut and spices, briefly stir fried on a pan. Recently when my hubby went for a short trip to Kerala, raw papaya/ kappalanga was one of the items in my huge list of things that he had to bring back. So my dad send me a big papaya / kappalanga, and I knew if I made the whole thing as one dish I will end up throwing it in my trash after a few days. So I made 2 types of thoran and 2 types of pickles with one kappalanga ;)…. That way I didn’t waste my papaya and you guessed it right… I will be posting all of them here soon… so this is part-1 of my papaya/ kappalanga preparation ;)....
Kappalanga /Omakka Thoran (Stir Fried Raw Papaya with Coconut)
Ingredients:
- Kappalanga/Omakka (RawPapaya) -1 cup, chopped fine
- Grated coconut- 1/4cup
- Chumannulli (Shallots) -5nos ( or Onion -1 small)
- Green chilles-1 or 2 nos
- Garlic - 1clove
- Jeerakom (Cumin Seeds)-1/4tsp
- Turmeric powder- a pinch
- Salt to taste
- Mustard seeds - 1/4tsp
- Curry Leaves- a spring
- Oil - 1tsp
Method:
Peel skin and remove seeds inside the papaya.
Clean it well and finely chop/ grate it. (I used my food processer to chop the papaya).
Grind coarsely, coconut, onion, green chilies, garlic, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and salt.
Heat oil in a frying pan and splutter mustard seeds.
Add coarsely ground coconut mixture and curry leaves and sauté for one minute.
Add chopped papaya. Mix well, cover and cook on low flame for 3 minutes.
Open lid and stir well until all the water in it evaporates.
Serve hot as a side dish with boiled rice.
Sending this over to Kerala Kitchen an event Magpie is hosting, featuring dishes inspired by Kerala :)...