I would love to share plantain aviyal, noooo it’s plantain thoran, ohhh no it’s plantain peel thoran today. Today I present before you, a three in one recipe. Three nutritious recipes with just plantains!
Well, to begin with I bought some really raw organic green plantains last week. I wanted to try making thoran with them. I bought just 2 plantains since my hubby is a not so great lover of plantains. When it was time to prepare thoran, I remembered my mother’s special ethakka aviyal, which we all loved! So I decided to make it a plantain day with three plantain dishes – aviyal, plantain thoran and plantain peel thoran.
The plantain aviyal is unique in a way. My mother uses kudam puli as the souring agent. Now I could see a few raised eyebrows as to what kudam puli is doing in an aviyal!!! Trust me, you are going to love it! It’s so easy to prepare and tastes delicious.
Plantain thoran is also tasty. You can either chop the plantain real fine or into big chunks. We do not season this thoran with mustard seeds and dry red chillies like other thorans. It is a little wet unlike other thorans. It goes best with rice or with rice gruel/ kanji.
And the plantain peel, which we all just discard, can also be used to make yummy thoran. Have you ever tried it?
So with just 2 plantains, I made three delicious recipes. All of these goes wonderfully with rice. Well here are the recipes!
Plantain Aviyal
Ingredients (Serves 3)
- Raw green plantain – 1 large
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Green chillies – 2, slit
- Kudam puli or gamboge – 1 small, soaked in enough water for 15 minutes and torn into small pieces
- Grated coconut – 3/4 – 1 cup
- Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Salt – To taste
- Coconut oil – 1.5 – 2 tsp
Method
1. Cut the plantain lengthwise. Cover and cook with turmeric powder, slit green chilies, curry leaves, kudam puli and enough salt.
2. Grind the grated coconut with cumin seeds, it should be a bit more ground than the coconut mixture for the mixed vegetable aviyal. When the plantain pieces are done, add the ground coconut-cumin mixture. Cook for 2-3 mts, add the coconut oil and a few curry leaves. Mix well and switch off. Serve hot with rice. This aviyal is usually a little watery like cheera aviyal.
Plantain peel thoran / Ethakka tholi thoran
Ingredients
- Plantain peels – of 2 plantains
- Grated coconut – 1/4 – 1/2 cup
- Garlic – 2 small, crushed
- Green chillies – 2 (You can also use 1/2 tsp chilly powder instead of green chillies)
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Mustard – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 tsp
- Dry red chilly -1
- Salt – To taste
- Oil – As required
Method
1. Finely chop the plantain skin into a vessel with water, turmeric powder and salt for about 15 mts to get rid of its serum.
2. In a pan heat oil, splutter mustards and brown the dry red chillies. Drain the water from the plantain peels and add it into the pan. Add turmeric powder and salt. Cover and cook for a few minutes. Then add the grated coconut, crushed garlic, crushed green chillies or red chilli powder and a few curry leaves. Mix well, cover and cook until done. Switch off.
Ethakka / Plantain Thoran (Wet version)
Ingredients
- Raw green plantain/Ethakka – 1
- Grated coconut – 1/2 – 3/4 cup
- Garlic – 2 small
- Green chilies – 2 (Optional)
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Chilly powder – 1/2 – 3/4 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Coconut oil- 1 – 2 tsp
- Salt – To taste
Method
1. Cut the plantain to cubes and put it in a vessel with water, turmeric powder and salt. You don’t need to peel off its skin.
2. Cover and cook the plantain pieces adding turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt in enough water.
3. When the plantain pieces are done, add the grated coconut, curry leaves and crushed garlic. Cover and cook for a few more minutes. Finally add 1 – 2 tsp of coconut oil and switch off.
both dishes looks so delicious and both r our favorite..very nicely presented the recipe..
good one yummy team
i like to prepare the avial in dry form than a gravied one..ur version looks really yum
avial with just kaya..somehow it never crossed my mind to make avial with just one vegetable..this is super easy though 🙂
Wonderful recipes….look delicious
wonderful with kaya….i like the olan of it…..enjanna ok undakki vachal veg kazhikkatha allum veg kazhikkum………..
Lovely dishes !!! Plantain peel thoran is attracting me like anything. Should I buy raw palntains? Should the raw plantain be little sweet inside?
oh wow. my fav is the second one. peel thoran. my mom prepare this thoran along with some cherupayar parippu too.
I feel like having everything now witha bowl of rice and some fish curry . yummm,. wonderful clicks too.
both the dishes looks so healthy and so easy…
peel thoran is very nice. defineitely will try. ethakka aviyal also nice dear. nice click tooo. check my blog too
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Hey really nice unique from u ppl…loved it….and with plantain is a nice one….
Thoran,aviyal looks so good, yummy side dish
Hi. Love the recipes especially the peel thoran, btw what’s kudam poli?
Wat a lovely spread of beautiful dishes..everything looks irresistible and very delicious..
hey, the dish looks so droolworthy…very healthy too.
tht was an incredible idea…although i don really get raw plantain anywhere nearby, the next time i pick it up i shall try all three and show off to my husband 🙂
Woooow dear,, i like raw banana poriyal n also in aviyal both taste very good its a festive recipe na.
hey, the dish looks so drool worthy…very healthy too.
Everything looks yumm and our family fav too,nice pics
Healthy delicious thoran’s dear!!!!
Thx. for sharing 🙂
All three are yummy dishes..will try ettakka aviyal with kudampuli, that is unique..love plantain peel thoran..nice clicks dear.
MAya n Lakshmi..This is really treat dears, we love all 3 dishes with plantains, and its one vegetable that all of us equally like..Great dearies..You rock girls!!!
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Kairali sisters
Yummy both of them looks so mouthwatering , feeling tasting it:)
Looks delicious…new to me.
Wow, all of those 3 are better than one another. I love the beautiful pics 🙂
Looks awesome and it’s a delicious looking dish. Very new to me. Awesome pictures.
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lovely pics..wht a bful color of dishes….looks so invitiing and tempting
both the dishes look mouthwatering…remember my neighbour who used to share this back in india.
beautiful pics.. and we love all the 3 recipes…
I love plantain peel, good that u made use of them in separate recipe, loved all ur recipes.
Looks really yummy & nice clicks..
Adipoli !!!!!! perfect Ethakka Dishes …Healthy Day 4 u 🙂
awesome pics.. Love all the 3 varieties.. especially plantain peel thoran…
Super dishes…and awesome pics..
wonderful dishes from raw green plaintain.
I tried the ethakka aviyal..it was very good with rice…
@ Deepa,
Thanks a lot for trying it out 🙂 Glad to hear that you liked it..