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Broad Beans / Avarakka / Avarakkai Thoran Recipe

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There is a vegetable stall in Little India, Singapore, which I absolutely adore. It has all the “Indian” vegetables that I sorely miss and crave for after weeks of eating dishes cooked with just French beans and carrots and broccoli. This stall usually has purple brinjal, drumstick, drumstick leaves, fresh bunches of methi and pudina and kothamalli.. ahh.. its a true delight to go there every now and then. Once, I saw some fresh avarakka (avarakkai in Tamil) and I had to buy them!

I made a simple thoran with it, nothing fancy and we both loved it with some rasam and rice!
Avarakkai Thoran Recipe
Ingredients: 
2 cups stringed and chopped avarakka (leave the seeds in too)
1/2 cup grated coconut (fresh or frozen)
1/2 tsp jeera/jeerakam
2 green chillies, or to taste
4 + 2 shallors
A few curry leaves
A pinch turmeric powder
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp Oil
Salt to taste
How to Make Avarakkai Thoran
1. Cook the chopped avarakka in a closed plan by adding about 1/2 cup water until soft. Make sure you don’t have any leftover water by cooking it further with the lid open. Set aside.
2. Grind the coconut with the green chillies, turmeric powder, 2 shallots, jeera, some salt and very little water sprinkled on top.
3. Heat oil and add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add 4 sliced shallots and fry until lightly browned. Then add the ground coconut and fry for 30 seconds.
4. Add the cooked avarakka to this and mix well. Adjust salt. Let it cook on low fire for about 5 mins until there is no more moisture left in the avarakka.
Serve Avarakkai Thoran hot with rice and rasam.
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  6. Lovely dish. I love thorans because of it's simplicity. And aren't you lucky that you get all these vegetables in this vegetable stall. I am dying to get some fresh murangakaai and it's leaves. Hmmm yummm! I get frozen murangakkai here and it really is horrible. Nothing like the fresh ones.

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  8. Sonu – you know the moment you said eggplant and avarakkai, you had me 🙂 Emailing you rightaway!

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  11. @red chillies: This is not that avrekalu, this is something called Chappard-avrekai. The bean inside is v small, the entire thing is eaten. I have seen this in the desi store.

    Nags, I get only frozen drumstick which taste blegh! Have you tried making sambar out of this? It tastes good!

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  18. In Karnatka, we are so used to the word Avarekkai, they are seasonal and a great delicacy. But only the beans and not the outer cover is eaten. Maybe this is differnt and i have not seen it.

    Loved the last picture, Nags.

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  20. Yes, we call it Valor Papdi in Gujarati. I make it with eggplant. You wud definitely like this broad beans with eggplant.:)If you need tht recipe, email me.

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  23. The first click makes me crave to atleast see some of them live..I miss them so badly..we had so much there at home..and carry a special flavour with them..
    Thoran made me notalgic and if I have lill of that along with a fish fry and pappad,would be in heavan..

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  25. We call it Papdi in gujarati and its one of the main ingredients in Oondhiya, its a very famous gujarati curry, i loved this thoran and will def be trying this soon! the click is gorgeous!

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  27. Hi Nag! I adore the simplicity of thoran let it be made with any veg. Nice click.
    If you like Dum cooking check out my Dum Arvi.I hope U like it.

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  29. Yes,you are right,nothing beats this simple south indian meal -rasam,poriyal,rice!
    I just love them 🙂

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