This post is dedicated to her and all other mothers who selflessly love their children.
For more Kerala thoran recipes, check out cheera thoran (spinach), breadfruit thoran, black eyed beans thoran.
Pappadam / Papadom Thoran
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
10 pappadam, cut into squares (use clean kitchen scissors)
3 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal / uzhunnu parippu / ulutham paruppu
1/2 tsp jeera
2 cloves garlic
1/2″ piece ginger
1/2 red chilli powder
2 green chillies (adjust to taste)
4 tbsp grated coconut
A few curry leaves
Salt, only if needed
How to Prepare:
1. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the pappadam pieces. Drain and set aside on a kitchen towel.
2. If there’s too much oil left, remove some. About 1-2 tsp oil is enough for the rest of the preparation. Add mustard seeds and urad dal to the hot oil. When the mustard seeds pop, add the jeera and the ginger and garlic (crushed together in a pestle and mortar or in a small mixie jar).
3. When the ginger-garlic paste is fried (about 2 mins), add the curry leaves, chilli powder, and the green chillies along with the coconut. Mix well and add the pappadam pieces.
4. Mix again for about a minute, test for salt and add only if needed. The pappadams should be salty enough.
Serve hot and fresh with rice and moru kaachiyathu / curry of choice. If you keep it longer, the papads get soft, but not soggy. Still tasty but I highly recommend that you eat it when still hot and crisp.
Very new recipe. We make papad ki sabzi ki Rajasthan but didn't know there was a south Indian version as well. Glad to know this recipe 🙂
Hope your mom's recovered totally now. I've seen other papad curries here and there. Love the swan-like chilli sitting atop the thoran!
its very new dish for me …so sweet of ur mom …she made this for ,all mothers a like that only simply gr8 ,very beautiful recipe …bookmarked ..thanks for sharing
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Papad thoran looks delicious Nags. We make papad vatha kozhambu, will try this soon!
Hope your mother is better now!
this is a RIDICULOUSLY good idea! i want some papad thoran right now!! is this actually a common traditional dish or is it something your mom/maid came up with?
Drooool!
Good recipe! Don 't see much pappadum preparations from Kerala.
Thats so nice of your mom nags….Hope she recovers soon….what a lovely recipe…never had a try on this one and never tried it. shud give it a go!
New to me,.Looks yummy..
Moms are the best !! In Konkanis too,there is a papad kosambari…its made with red chilli papads and there is no seasoning in oil, just a yummy garnish of onions, green chillies and coconut…
Thanks for sharing the unique recipe. Shall try it soon.