Raw Banana Thoran

This is one of my mother's favourite thoran. She does it quite differently from the usual one, like not adding jeera, garlic and turmeric. I too love it for the difference from other thorans. It reminds me of my school days. She used to keep these wrapped in vazhayila in my lunch box so nothing would get mixed and I used to love the smell of those banana leaf along with it. Hmmm nostalgic :)

Ingredients

• Raw banana - 2 medium
• Shallots - 6
• Green chilli - 3
• Grated coconut - 1/2 of one
• Coconut oil - 2 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Cut the banana into small cubes
• Grind together grated coconut, shallots, green chilli. 
• Put in a thick bottomed or non-stick vessel, add little water, salt and mix well. 
• Cover and cook until all water dries up and the banana is well cooked.
• Switch off the flame. Drizzle coconut oil and keep covered for 2 minutes. 
• After 2 minutes, stir and serve.

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Savoury Semolina cupcake

I was searching for a snack item and got this in an old vanitha magazine. It sounded different and so thought of trying it. Came out well. Have any of you tried this before??

Ingredients

1. Oil - 2 tbsp
2. Rava/Semolina - 1 cup
3. Curd - 1/2 cup
4. Water - 1/2 cup
5. Ginger paste - 1 tsp
6. Onion chopped - 1/4 cup
7. Beans chopped - 1/4 cup
8. Carrot chopped - 1/4 cup
9. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
10. Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
11. Salt to taste 
12. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
13. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
14. Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Preheat your oven to 150 degrees
• Mix together ingredients 2 to 11 to get a semi-thick batter(If the batter is too thick add little more water)
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Once it spluters add cumin seeds. Switch off when you get the smell of cumin.
• Add this to the above batter. Blend well.
• Mix the baking soda to the batter. 
• Pour in cupcake tray and bake for 10 minutes (adjust your oven accordingly)

I didn't add beans. It is a carrot semolina cake. May be you all can try this with the vegetables of your choice. It tastes even better with coconut chutney.
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