Idichakka or Idinchakka (Tender Jack fruit) thoran is a delicious dry dish served along with cooked rice. In villages you will find at least one jack fruit tree in each houses. Removing the skin and cleaning up the jack fruit is a tedious job but the taste matters. In season, people at kerala make variety of dishes using jack fruit, jack fruit seeds and tender jack fruit. The thoran made up of tender jack fruit is a tasty traditional dish and let us see the preparation.

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The stem of Chembu (Taro) is commonly known as Thal - most popular in the middle of Kerala. The thoran (dry curry) prepared with Thal (Tora Leaf) is healthy as well as delicious. Good for children and aged persons as it digest well and contains enough iron and vitamins for the body. This is also a nadan (traditional) Kerala Cuisine, popular amongst the common people.

Tip: Thal (Taro Stem) contains a thick serum inside which you have to squeeze out after cutting it. Ensure you are not using the wild taro as it difficult to differentiate between.

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Chena (Elephant Yam) - Van Payar (Black Eyed Bean) Erissery is one of the nadan (traditional) dishes
in Kerala. From south to north you can find a lot of variety recipes for preparing an Erissery. The taste will get differed based on the main ingredients used. Here we are going to prepare it with Chena (Elephant Yam) and Van Payar (Black Eyed Bean). This is a low spicy dish served along with cooked rice as part of lunch or dinner.
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Achinga Payar (String Beans) Thoran - (Dry Curry) is normally used as a side dish along with cooked rice. This is a very common dish prepared along with your daily meals as well as highly demanded on occasional feasts. A favorite dish for bachelors as it consumes very less time for the preparation.
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Kalan (Moru Curry) is also a typical Kerala dish and a must in our Sadyas (feasts). This is sour in taste and the main ingredients are Yum, Raw Plantain (Banana) and Yogurt (Curd). Some part of the state people make Kalan with a thick gravy but mostly youcan have it with medium gravy.
Read more: Kalan (Moru Curry): Sour but Tasty