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CCB thoran/ CCB stir fry

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You will be wondering what CCB is, is it a new vegetable. They are our carrot-cabbage-beet root. If you use a liking meter in our house to measure fondness of these vegetables, beet root gets first place, followed by carrot and cabbage. Amma used to make cabbage thoran and cabbage kootu curry with lentils. However, my hubby likes only thorans/ Stir fry with cabbage, beet root. One day I made beet root pachadi; he did not like it and told me that it is good but not make to it again. However, he likes to eat raw beet in his salad. I don’t like them raw, for me raw taste like eating soil.

I make thoran with all vegetables and beans available in the planet. May be it is because I am from the region of India where everybody makes thoran with everything. I love the touch of coconut and cumin seeds along with spicy chily and aroma of curry leaves. I use garlic only if I am making thoran with beans. I will add onions depending upon my mood. If a thoran and curry is available, I will be happy to enjoy the meal. I like mezhukupuratti (vegetables fried in touch of oil) too, still if thoran is there I will go for it first than mezhukupuratti. 
I had some cabbage left after making Russian lenten pokhlebka/soup and in order to make a curry I needed some more veggies, so I used carrots and beets make my thoran. I like Beets, but I hate them while cooking, they tend to make their mark everywhere, in clothes, kitchen counters etc. This is easy breezy curry you can make within a few minutes. Only difficult part is in chopping them finely, you can use choppers to save some time. I love to chop my veggies. So I chopped cabbage finely and grated carrots and beets to make it uniform.Here goes the recipe

What you need

Cabbage: 2 cup (washed and chopped finely)
Carrot : 2 cup ( grated)
Beet root: 1 ½ cup ( grated)
Green chilly : 1 (finely chopped)
Red chilies : 2 no (halved)
Crushed red chillies: 1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder: ¼ teaspoon
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Cumin powder : ½ teaspoon
Coconut : ¾ cup (I used desiccated one, use fresh or frozen  for best result)
Urad dal : 2 tablespoon
Curry Leaves : 1 Sprig ( 10 leaves)
Olive oil : 2 tablespoon (use coconut oil for  authentic taste)
Salt : ½ teaspoon or to taste
Mustard seeds : ½ teaspoon


How I made

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, halved red chilies and urad dal as mustard seeds start popping add cleaned and chopped cabbage, grated carrots and beet roots. Then add turmeric powder and salt and cover the lid. Let it cook for 10 minutes. 
If you are using fresh or frozen coconut ground them with cumin and red chili powder to form coarse paste with less water. 
Add desiccated coconut, cumin and crushed red chilies and red chili powder and cook for another 5 minutes. Finally add the curry leaves and switch off the flame. 
Enjoy with rice and curry.

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Serving: 6 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes I will

Swathi

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  1. Khaugiri says

    Loved the dish.... but more than that the name:)

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  2. Sook says

    Oh what a wonderful creation!

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  3. Sarah Naveen says

    love the color..looks so yummy!!!

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  4. Panchpakwan says

    Healthy and delicious thoran.

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  5. kamala says

    Healthy and colourful dish Swathi.

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  6. Gulmohar says

    Awesome combo..pretty thoran

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  7. Malar Gandhi says

    Very healthy and colorful thoran, dear. Just luv it...a must try one for me.

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  8. Jay says

    Dear Swathi,
    Some awards are waiting for you in my blog. Plz stop by to collect them.

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  9. Preeti Kashyap says

    refreshing and so colorful!

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  10. divya says

    Wow nice combo,delicious and healthy recipe. Looks yummy.

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  11. SathyaSridhar says

    Haa haaa Swathi,, i was wondering what is CCB is it new veggie she used for thoran after i opened ur blog the suspense revealed dear,,,very nice poriyal n healthy veggies dear..

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  12. GayathriRaj says

    I alwaz love the color of beetroot.... ur dish is very yummy and colorful....and that combination of veegies u used is very nice.....need to try for sure...

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  13. Kiran says

    Swathi,nice name CCB thoran.It is filled with lively colors.A very healthy and yummy dish from you.

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  14. SpicyTasty says

    hey swathi, thoran looks soo yummy and colorful. Simply delicious. Nice click again..

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  15. Ellie (Almost Bourdain) says

    Thanks for introducing us such a wonderful dish 🙂 Love it!

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  16. Sushma Mallya says

    That looks so delicious and so simple too...love simple stir fries like this one...simply yum

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  17. Chaitra says

    Photo looks gr8,love that color.....perfect combo with rice/roti....
    drop in sometime swathi

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  18. PranisKitchen says

    wow this is really nice name ccb thoran..but the color owned by B..very delicious and healthy one..i used to prepare CC together ..if u add some fennel it will give more taste..lovely picture..

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  19. Vrinda says

    This is my fav too,learnt from Amma..healthy tooo

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  20. M D says

    this looks fabulous. love those colors, bright and filled with health!

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  21. Priya says

    CCB thoran looks super catchy and tempting..

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  22. simply.food says

    I love the vibrant colours of this dish it looks amazing.

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  23. Ms.Chitchat says

    Loved the color. In fact, the CCB is overpowered by beet,loved the combination.Healthy too.

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  24. Hamaree Rasoi says

    Your CCb thoran grabbed my attention !! I too love beetroot. This veggie dish looks so colorful and nutritious. Your first pictures is so alluring dear...

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  25. Life is beautiful!!! says

    Swathi I am very curious to know what CCB until I opened this post 🙂 Colourful, healthy veggie combination.

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  26. Subhie Arun says

    wow..such a healthy nutritous dish..neva tried this combo..looks v invitin

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