Hope you all are doing good . No soliloquy , no laments or celebration in this post ! I am just spring cleaning my space .
I have definitely lost my blogging mojo, with a zillion other things taking away my time and thought will clear out some from drafts until I get back the time and motivation for the new !
Squash blossoms is one of those things that I buy from farmers market , every week ; which means I was making this thoran/stir fry at least once a week for the past couple of months . It reminds me a lot of the Pumpkin blossoms (Mathan poovu ) back home and they are more or less same. N's aunt sent us a lot of tender Pumpkin leaves ( Mathan Ila) recently from their dying garden, so we were having a lot of these leaves and flowers this season :). Feeling right at home , though away from home !
Recipe for farm fresh stir fried Squash Blossoms(Thoran) with Coconut and green chili
Serves - 4
Total Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:-
Squash Blossoms - 1/2 lb
Green chili or fresh cayenne chopped - 1 or 2
Ginger minced - 1/2 tea spoon(optional)
Salt to taste
Curry leaves - 2-3
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
Cumin - a pinch
Bowl 1
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Shallots - 2
Turmeric - a pinch
Method:-
Clean and finely chop Squash blossoms .
Lightly crush all the ingredients in Bowl 1.
Combine that with salt , chopped squash blossoms , green chili and ginger.
Heat oil in a pan and mustard seeds .When they pop , add cumin , curry leaves fry for a couple of seconds and add the mix.
Saute for 5-7 minutes , on a medium flame, till it is done and dry.
Sprinkle a couple of tea spoons of water in between , to prevent it from sticking to the bottom
Serve warm with rice, pulissery and fish fry.
Good Day!
Sarah
57 comments:
What a beautiful healthy dish. I wish I could get my hands on some squash blossoms right now.
Thoran looks superb...Lovely clicks..
delicious looking flavourful thoran
very innovative...
A Lovely looking dish but the only ingredient I cannot obtain are the blossoms.
Yummy looking Thoran with coconut. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
it looks so beautiful and delicious.. fantastic clicks..
Fantastic clicks and looks so yum!
Very interesting recipe.. looks absolutely inviting.. love the presentation too !!
Indian Cuisine
lovely presentation................superb dish
This vibrant, colorful, tasty disdh is so well presented :)
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
so interesting and new to me !! looks delicious !!
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Never knew that we could cook these! The dish looks very invitingly colourful.
Lovely thoran Sarah!
Shema George LifeScoops
very delicious and innovative recipe.
Never knew it is edible! Nice recipe!
looks delicious and yummy Sarah
very innovative n interesting....beautiful click sarah!
have seen these arnd but never thought of making thoran..once had it deep fried at a restaurant and dint think high of it..but thoran sounds like a good idea
Very interesting recipe. As you said, squash blossoms look like mathan poovu only.
Healthy thoran,love it..
Sounds good..... Nice pics too..
very interesting recipe n innovative...loved it dear !
very interesting recipe ,my mom used to prepare this..but never found it here!!
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A new thoran that I have never tried. It looks so good and your fine chopping of the veggies makes it look like confetti:)
YUMMO..This looks awesome..You have made perfectly dear..
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Thats a great looking thoran,never tried squash blossom this way.
I'm a huge fan of thoran....this is innovative, colorful and totally inviting!
Vegetarian Cultural Creatives
New recipe for me..........looks awesome & the pics are amazing as usual. Thanks for sharing.
Squash stir fry is lovely sarah. Beautiful presentation.
looks delicious... fabulous recipe..
Intersting one...Mathan ila yum ,poovum oke thoran akum enu eniku innu kittiya puthiya arivanu,from u and Tina :)
See madichi avathe vegham poyi cook cheythe,then post it too :)
perfectly seasonal! Let me try getting my hands on some squash blossoms too! :)
Perfect fall recipe ~ loved the recipe to the core n your pics are always sensational my dear :)
USMasala
yummy thoran sarammoooo..
Beautiful!..looks so delightful
This is new to me..looks and sounds healthy and yum
Completely new to me..Sarah,I have an Award for you..plz check out my blog
New recipe to me..looks awesome!!
Wow love the recipe and ur pictures.. very sensational pictures.
where did u get such fresh one ..looks too yummy ..happy to follow your blog
me tooo... i also make mathan poov and ila thoran almost once a week! And i love it and cant get enough of it... though i add some mung dal to the thoran... next time i'll try ur way :)
This is new ro me Sarah, the thoran looks awesome and so healthy.
Looks absolutely delicious!
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This looks terrific :)
The pics are so great that I visit your site just to improve my appetite ;-)
What a pretty and tasty dish!
Ah girl, I've also lost the "spark" to blog these days...& I'm hoping I'll get it back soon :( But you surprise me honey. You come up with using all these foreign ingredients in totally naadan ways. You are awesome, really awesome my friend!
Looks fantastic!
Delicious ...love those vibrant colors..yum!
Just6 WOWWW!!! Amazing and stunning pics.Squash Blossom made in a nadan way. Excellent. Looks absolutely delicious.
What a beautiful looking dish. Love the fresh and crisp look of it!
Happy Thanksgiving.
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lovely thoran with squash blossoms...very unique and colour full
What a beautiful looking dish , and the pics are just awesome as always :) . What kind of lens do you use in these pics , are they the really low aperture ones ? .
Shabs, i used a 18-135 mm lens i bought with the camera..the sky was so gloomy that day :)
hey sarah
your blogs could make an exquisite cook book..
thank you so much for the effort and the heart you have put into each post....I'm a big fan of Vazhayila.
Do keep posting.
Cheers!
Ashla
can't wait for the season to try them!
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