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Broad Beans / Avarakka / Avarakkai Thoran Recipe

November 23, 2015 30 Comments

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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  1. lissie

    July 15, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    Avarakka is one of my fav veggies…thoran is so delish!

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  2. foodcreate

    July 14, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Looks so Fabulously Delicious I love thoran recipes.

    Thanks for sharing your recipe:)

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  3. DEESHA

    July 14, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Nags, I guess you could send this to Click-Bicolor .. beautiful clicks

    Reply
  4. Home Cooked Oriya Food

    July 14, 2009 at 2:57 am

    lovely dish… we call it simba. I have no clue how to cook it the mom;s style though…

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  5. Mahimaa's kitchen

    July 13, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    i haven't seen avarakai in a long time! i like it…good you get these rare veggies in singapore.

    Reply
  6. My comfort food network

    July 13, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    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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  7. Mangala Bhat

    July 13, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    wow! yummy! new recipe to me ..Thanks for sharing !

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  8. Nags

    July 14, 2009 at 3:23 am

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

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  9. Nags

    July 14, 2009 at 3:23 am

    I have been getting avarakkai for the past 3-4 months. Didn't know they were seasonal!

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  10. SJ

    July 13, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    @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!

    Reply
  11. Prathibha

    July 13, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    Oh the avarakkai season is started??
    that thoran looks yummy…

    Reply
  12. Doloncookbook

    July 13, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Hey Nag … Looks so delicious can't wait to try it out …

    Reply
  13. Ann

    July 13, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Yumm.. This looks soo tasty.

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  14. Shri

    July 13, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    I have seen these in the Indian grocery stores but I always thought they were Peas:)LOL The dish looks so good!

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  15. Jayashree

    July 13, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Thoran is one of the simplest and best tasting dishes no matter what veggie is used.

    Reply
  16. Hari Chandana

    July 13, 2009 at 11:59 am

    Wow.. What a wonderful recipe.. looks soo delicious… lovely snaps!!

    Reply
  17. Red Chillies

    July 13, 2009 at 11:56 am

    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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  18. VineelaSiva

    July 13, 2009 at 11:53 am

    U r right nothing beats to simple meal rice,rasam and this curry.

    Reply
  19. Sonu

    July 13, 2009 at 11:53 am

    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.

    Reply
  20. Priya

    July 13, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    hey
    This is exactly how my mother used to make…nostalgic…Thanks.

    Reply
  21. Lena Rashmin Raj

    July 13, 2009 at 10:31 am

    Nags….i love this..i make in a different way.. :)surely i wl try…wrz ur native??

    Reply
  22. Shama Nagarajan

    July 13, 2009 at 9:25 am

    looks yummy…simple and comfort

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  23. My Experiments with Cooking

    July 13, 2009 at 9:10 am

    It looks so so fresh. I guess more so because you talked about that store. I stir fry them after cooking and sprinkle some sugar. It tastes divine. Na? I just made it yesterday, bingo again!

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  24. Parita

    July 13, 2009 at 7:13 am

    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!

    Reply
  25. Kamana

    July 13, 2009 at 7:09 am

    I have always enjoyed thoran recipes. never tried one with broad beans. must do so now.

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  26. Pari

    July 13, 2009 at 6:46 am

    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.

    Reply
  27. Nags

    July 13, 2009 at 10:55 am

    Lena – Kerala 🙂

    Reply
  28. Ann

    July 13, 2009 at 9:25 am

    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..

    Reply
  29. RAKS KITCHEN

    July 13, 2009 at 8:53 am

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

    Reply
  30. Nags

    July 13, 2009 at 7:22 am

    parita- papdi? wow! that's interesting! 🙂

    Reply

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