Fridge-raid thoran

Fridge-raid thoran

Spice up your leftover greens with this bright, tropical thoran. It’s a particularly useful recipe to have on hand after Christmas dinner, for using up leftover cooked sprouts or parsnips – and the speedy stir-fry is a good way of bringing some healthy greens to your Boxing Day table, too.

Fridge-raid thoran

The recipe is by Anshu and Renée of DabbaDrop, a London delivery service offering South Asian meals in reusable tins called dabbas.

  • Serves icon Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a side
  • Time icon Hands-on time 10 min

Spice up your leftover greens with this bright, tropical thoran. It’s a particularly useful recipe to have on hand after Christmas dinner, for using up leftover cooked sprouts or parsnips – and the speedy stir-fry is a good way of bringing some healthy greens to your Boxing Day table, too.

The recipe is by Anshu and Renée of DabbaDrop, a London delivery service offering South Asian meals in reusable tins called dabbas.

Nutrition: Per serving (for 4)

Calories
195kcals
Fat
12g (10g saturated)
Protein
3.6g
Carbohydrates
15g (9g sugars)
Fibre
5.1g
Salt
0.1g

Ingredients

  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 red chillies
  • 200g leftover cooked greens (such as brussels sprouts and/or cabbage)
  • 300g leeks, onions and/or spring onions
  • 300g leftover cooked hard veg (such as carrots, parsnips and/or potatoes)
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • Handful curry leaves
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 3 tbsp desiccated coconut
  • Juice ½ lemon
  • Handful toasted cashews (optional)
  • Small handful coriander leaves, chopped
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Method

  1. Smash the garlic, slice the chillies, shred the greens and chop the rest of your veg.
  2. Heat the coconut oil in a large frying pan until shimmering hot, then turn down the heat to medium-high and add the mustard seeds. Once they’ve popped, add the curry leaves, garlic and most of the chilli. Cook for a minute, then add your leeks, onions and/or spring onions. After another minute, add the hard veg.
  3. Cook for a couple of minutes to warm through, then add the shredded greens, turmeric and coconut. Cover, remove from the heat and leave for a few minutes for everything to warm through.
  4. Transfer the mixture to a serving plate. Squeeze over the lemon juice and top with the remaining chilli, the cashews (if using) and chopped coriander.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
195kcals
Fat
12g (10g saturated)
Protein
3.6g
Carbohydrates
15g (9g sugars)
Fibre
5.1g
Salt
0.1g

delicious. tips

  1. This thoran is a seriously versatile dish, so feel free to throw in whatever leftover veg you have. It’s especially good for using up Christmas dinner leftovers.

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Recipe By:

Anshu and Renée of DabbaDrop

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