Green beans thoran is a quick, simple and delicious vegetable side made with green beans and coconut. It is also ready in under 20 mins.
Thoran is the generic word in Kerala cuisine for anything that is sautéed with coconut. You can use any vegetable or a combination of vegetables for this.
The commonly seen vegetables and combos are carrot thoran, cabbage thoran, green beans thoran or simply called beans thoran, carrot-beans thoran, cabbage-green peas thoran, raw jackfruit/breadfruit thoran, raw plantain thoran.
As with any recipe, many home cooks have different recipes for thoran. It is roughly the same, but there are some subtle differences there.
Even the thorans I make, I have learnt from my mom, my aunts, neighbors, friends and my mom-in-law. So, I have the several tweaks that I know and I combine a few here and there and the recipe for that day is purely dictated by my mood.
Beans Thoran ~ Green Beans Sauté with Coconut – The Recipe
Ingredients:
Green Beans, chopped - 2 cups
Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp
Black Mustard Seeds - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - 8-10
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Salt - to taste
To grind together:
Grated Coconut - ¼ cup
Green chillies – 2
Method:
Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
Throw in the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add the curry leaves at this time.
Reduce the heat to low and add the beans and turmeric powder and give it a quick stir.
Close the pan and let the beans cook in the low heat.
Pulse the coconut and green chillies in a food processor (I use the small jar of the Indian mixer)
Once the green beans are tender, add the coconut mixture to it. Add salt and mix well.
Serve with rice or rotis.
Notes:
Sprinkle a little water to the pan and close it so there is some moisture to cook the beans, if you want it.
📖 Recipe
Beans Thoran - Green Beans Sauté with Coconut
Ingredients
- ½ lb Green Beans about 2 cups when chopped into ¼ inch slices
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 8 curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt to taste
To grind together
- ¼ cup grated coconut
- 2 Thai green chillies
Don't forget to check out Step-by-step instructions with photos in the body of the post above
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan.Throw in the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add the curry leaves at this time.
- Reduce the heat to low and add the beans and turmeric powder and give it a quick stir. Close the pan and let the beans cook in the low heat.
- Pulse the coconut and green chillies in a food processor (I use the small jar of the Indian mixer)
- Once the green beans are tender, add the coconut mixture to it. Add salt and mix well. Serve with rice or rotis.
Notes
Nutrition
Mona Patel says
Really love how you can truly taste the green beans and is very simple to make. I can just eat it without anything!