Cabbage carrot Thoran

Well, I generally don't mix vegetables to make thorans with a few exceptions like cabbage + peas or carrots + beans. But this time towards the weekend my fridge was almost empty with a few carrots and half a cabbage leftover. So I made a thoran mixing both and it turned out to be simply super. This was a great combo with vengaya sambar (onion sambar).

Ingredients:

Cabbage - 250 grams

Carrots - 250 grams

Coconut - 25 grams

Mustard - 1 teaspoon

Jeera - 1 teaspoon

Dry Red Chillies - 2 nos

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Garlic cloves - 2 nos

Oil - 1 teaspoon

Salt - to taste

curry leaves - few

Method:

• Cut the cabbage lengthwise and grate the carrots.
• Add coconut, jeera, red chilli, garlic into a mixer and grind into a coarse paste without adding any water (just pulse a little). 
• In a pan, add oil. Add the mustard seeds. Let it sputter. Add the curry leaves and after a few seconds, add the chopped cabbage and carrots. 
• Sprinkle a handfull of water and cook till it is almost done. 
• Add the ground coconut mix, salt and turmeric powder. 
• Cook till the raw smell of garlic and coconut is gone.

Cabbage + Carrot thoran is ready!!!! Serve with rice and a gravy of your choice. This goes well with sambar.

Note: We can also add one finely chopped onion to this thoran. I didn't add since I didn't have them.