Thaalu Thoran

 

Ingredients

1. Colocasia / Taro stem / Thaalu – 3

Pearl onions – 15 – 20, thinly sliced

Green chillies – 3, sliced diagonally

Curry leaves – 1 sprig

2. Grated coconut – 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder – 1-2 pinches

3. Salt – To taste

4. Mustard seeds – 1/4 – 1/2 tsp

Dried red chillies – 2

Raw rice – 1 tsp

Oil – As required

Method

Wash the colocasia stem. Chop them into thin pieces as shown in the picture.  
Heat  oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds. Add in the raw rice and dry red chillies and brown them. Now add  ingredients numbered 1 and grated coconut along with turmeric powder and salt. Cover and cook at low heat for a minute. Open and stir-fry until it is dry and cooked well. Serve with rice.

 

 

 

Tips:

We have used cheema chembu for this preparation. It can be used year round. But verum/velum chembu
is usually consumed only during karkidaka masam. Some varieties of chembu like kannan chembu, kochu chembu can be itchy. In order to avoid that you can use a little more coconut oil while seasoning. You can also apply some coconut oil on your palms before chopping them.