Palakkad recipes

**Niranjana** · 24th June 2005, 07:33 PM

No, Thoren is a dry veg side dish.

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**Shoba** · 24th June 2005, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by gvb

Shoba can u tell me if Thoren is like curry?

Interesting question gvb.!

Thoren, is stir fried vegetable, with shredded coconut. The texture is dry, as in, it has no gravy what so ever. Yes, it is the euivalent of the TN Poriyal.

Coming back to "curry", the Iyer community refers to thoren/poriyal as curry.

Hmm, so the answer will depend on your origins

!

Shoba

**gvb** · 24th June 2005, 09:18 PM

Thanx Anju and Niranjana for ur replies.

Thanx to u Shobha..I will take Thoren as "poriyal" itself..Thats wat i meant by curry..!!

GVB

**Sowmya** · 24th June 2005, 10:46 PM

Hi GVB

thoran=thengai potta curry

**gvb** · 25th June 2005, 12:33 AM

Thank u sowmya..If u say erisseri,upperi,thoren l can't understand the equivalent of it to TN dishes.

**Sowmya** · 28th June 2005, 11:15 PM

Thogayals

1. thengai puli thogayal
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This dish is a combo of thengai & paruppu thogayals and is very tasty.

ingredients:
urad dhal-2 tbsp
dry red chillies-4
asafoetida- a small piece
curry leaves-8-10 nos
dessicated coconut-3 tbsp
tamarind- a small lemon sized ball

proc:Fry all ingredients excluding coconut and tamarind in oil till golden brown.Grind all the ingredients with salt,little water into a fine smooth mixture.
Note:Add the tamarind as it is,do not prepare an extract.

2.mathan(parangikai) thogayal
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ingredients:
urad dhal-2-4 tbsp
dry red chillies-4-6
asafoetida- a small piece
mathan(parangikai)- 250 gms or in US you can use acorn squash/calabanza squash(ripe)-1 small
curry leaves-8-10 nos
tamarind- a small lemon sized ball

proc:
Grate the squash or cut into fine pieces after removing the outer skin.saute in oil along with curry leaves till the squash becomes soft.Fry all other ingredients seperately excluding

tamarind in oil till golden brown.Grind all the ingredients with salt,little water into a fine smooth mixture.

**padmasini** · 30th June 2005, 01:43 AM

Do we get achu vellam in Indian or american stores?

**Sowmya** · 30th June 2005, 02:36 AM

Hi padmasini
you can get vellam in indian grocery stores

Regards
Sowmya

**Sowmya** · 1st July 2005, 10:52 PM

Hi friends
I tried "keerai chundal"(page 5 ) using Kales greens and the taste was very nice..

Regards
Sowmya

**bhargavi.raj** · 2nd July 2005, 12:30 AM

Hey sowmya,
I tried ur Parankai togail.I also added some onions and sauted along with the mathan. It was really good. Something different. Usually we make all togail like this but never made one using parankai.
Thanks
Bhargavi.Raj