Kappalanga / Omakka Thoran (Stir Fried Raw Papaya with Coconut)

After some of the high calorie posts, here I am with a simple thoran with Kappalanga/ Omakka (Papaya). Thoran is a Kerala dry side dish made of a finely chopped / grated vegetables or leaves mixed together with grated coconut and spices, briefly stir fried on a pan. Recently when my hubby went for a short trip to Kerala, raw papaya/ kappalanga was one of the items in my huge list of things that he had to bring back. So my dad send me a big papaya / kappalanga, and I knew if I made the whole thing as one dish I will end up throwing it in my trash after a few days. So I made 2 types of thoran and 2 types of pickles with one kappalanga ;)…. That way I didn’t waste my papaya and you guessed it right… I will be posting all of them here soon… so this is part-1 of my papaya/ kappalanga preparation ;)....

Kappalanga /Omakka Thoran (Stir Fried Raw Papaya with Coconut)
Ingredients:
Kappalanga/Omakka (RawPapaya) -1 cup, chopped fine
Grated coconut- 1/4cup
Chumannulli (Shallots) -5nos ( or Onion -1 small)
Green chilles-1 or 2 nos
Garlic - 1clove
Jeerakom (Cumin Seeds)-1/4tsp
Turmeric powder- a pinch
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds - 1/4tsp
Curry Leaves- a spring
Oil - 1tsp

Method:

• Peel skin and remove seeds inside the papaya.
• Clean it well and finely chop/ grate it. (I used my food processer to chop the papaya).
• Grind coarsely, coconut, onion, green chilies, garlic, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and salt.
• Heat oil in a frying pan and splutter mustard seeds.
• Add coarsely ground coconut mixture and curry leaves and sauté for one minute.
• Add chopped papaya. Mix well, cover and cook on low flame for 3 minutes.
• Open lid and stir well until all the water in it evaporates.
• Serve hot as a side dish with boiled rice.