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✨Thamburatti’s Kitchen 🍲: Veggies Gone Wild 🌱 with a Protein Punch 💪!
Who says vegetarians can’t have some protein-packed fun? 🤔 This former hardcore carnivore (yeah yeah, that’s me) turned vegan in July 2023—not to ride the trend wave, but thanks to perimenopause making life extra spicy 🔥 and converting meat into my sworn enemy 🚫. Then enters my savior: Valliye Thamburatti (aka my mom), who handed me this recipe on a platter—literally 🍴. Her only ask? Create a blog to share her culinary genius with the world 🌎.
This dish is a semi-spicy, veggie-loaded wonder 🌿 that moonlights as a side for rice 🍚, a main for chapatis 🥗, or even a sneaky sandwich filler 🥪. Mildly spiced is best (but hey, go wild with the chilies if you’re feeling brave 😏).
Serves – 2
- Ingredients
Long Beans – 6 large
Ridge gourd – 1 small
Cluster beans – 8-10
Pearl onions/Madras – 4 to 6
Garlic – 3 cloves
Green Chilly – 1
Chana dal – 1tbsp
Chilli flakes – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Jeera – 1tsp
Coconut oil – 1tbs
Turmeric – ½ tsp
Hing – ½ tsp
Salt – to taste
1 sprig of curry leaves
- Cut all the vegetables into 1/2 inch pieces
- Crush pearl onions, garlic, curry leaves and green chilly.
- Soak chana dal in hot water for 10 min
- Heat oil in a pan. Use a cast iron kadhai for making the veggie
- Add mustard seed and when they sputter, add jeera and soaked chana dal. once the chana dal gets light brown add the crushed mix of onions, garlic and chilli
- Add vegetables in this order – long beans and cluster beans and saute for 5 min. then add ridge gourd, turn the heat on high and saute till moisture evaporates. Add chilli flakes and turn off the gas
Serve hot.
✨ The Mezhukaparati story 🧅🌶🔥
Welcome to the culinary heart of Central Travancore or Valuvanad district, where simplicity is not just a cooking style, but a way of life 🌿. My roots run deep in Ponnani, Valuvanad district, where Valliye Thamburatti (yes, that’s my mom) hails from 🌸. In our Tharavadu, meals were never just about eating; they were a full blown affair with our stomachs 🍴— and our gossip-loving hearts 😉. Lakshmi Amma, our beloved Tharavadu chef, was the magic maker. She’d whip up dishes that were as simple as they were sublime—no fuss, just pure, unadulterated flavor 🤩. And trust me, those mealtimes were the stuff of legends where our large extended family would gather around the table or in the kitchen, sharing stories, laughter, and yes, even quite a bit of juicy gossip 🍴👀.